fat duckweed vs Hector’s Beaked Whale

Lemna gibba compared with Mesoplodon hectori

Key Differences

• fat duckweed is Least Concern while Hector’s Beaked Whale is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Hector’s Beaked Whale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Araceae	Hyperoodontidae
Genus	Lemna	Mesoplodon
Species	Lemna gibba	Mesoplodon hectori

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Hector’s Beaked Whale

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Hector’s Beaked Whale
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

fat duckweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Hector’s Beaked Whale

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.