fat duckweed vs Ornate Cuscus

Lemna gibba compared with Phalanger ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Ornate Cuscus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Araceae	Phalangeridae
Genus	Lemna	Phalanger
Species	Lemna gibba	Phalanger ornatus

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Cuscus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Ornate Cuscus
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).

Ornate Cuscus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.