fat duckweed vs Hotson s Jerboa

Lemna gibba compared with Allactaga hotsoni

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Hotson s Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Lemna	Allactaga
Species	Lemna gibba	Allactaga hotsoni

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Hotson s Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Hotson s Jerboa
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).

Hotson s Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.