fat duckweed vs Paradox Vole

Lemna gibba compared with Microtus paradoxus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Paradox Vole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Lemna	Microtus
Species	Lemna gibba	Microtus paradoxus

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Paradox Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Paradox Vole
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).

Paradox Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.