fat duckweed vs Lesser Chiruromys

Lemna gibba compared with Chiruromys vates

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Lesser Chiruromys
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Lemna	Chiruromys
Species	Lemna gibba	Chiruromys vates

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Chiruromys

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Lesser Chiruromys
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).

Lesser Chiruromys

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.