fat duckweed vs Montane Chrotomys

Lemna gibba compared with Chrotomys whiteheadi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Montane Chrotomys
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	Chrotomys
Species	Lemna gibba	Chrotomys whiteheadi

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Montane Chrotomys

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Montane Chrotomys
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).

Montane Chrotomys

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.