fat duckweed vs Paucident planigale

Lemna gibba compared with Planigale gilesi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Paucident planigale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Araceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Lemna	Planigale
Species	Lemna gibba	Planigale gilesi

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Paucident planigale

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Paucident planigale
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).

Paucident planigale

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.