fat duckweed vs Ornate Shrew

Lemna gibba compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Araceae	Soricidae
Genus	Lemna	Sorex
Species	Lemna gibba	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Ornate Shrew
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 Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.