fat duckweed vs Hourglass Dolphin

Lemna gibba compared with Lagenorhynchus cruciger

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Hourglass Dolphin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Araceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Lemna	Lagenorhynchus
Species	Lemna gibba	Lagenorhynchus cruciger

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Hourglass Dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Hourglass Dolphin
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).

Hourglass Dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.