fat duckweed vs Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

Lemna gibba compared with Rhizomys sumatrensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Indomalayan Bamboo Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Spalacidae
Genus	Lemna	Rhizomys
Species	Lemna gibba	Rhizomys sumatrensis

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Indomalayan Bamboo Rat
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).

Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.