fat duckweed vs Plateau Pika

Lemna gibba compared with Ochotona curzoniae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Plateau Pika
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Araceae	Ochotonidae
Genus	Lemna	Ochotona
Species	Lemna gibba	Ochotona curzoniae

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Plateau Pika

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Plateau Pika
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).

Plateau Pika

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.