fat duckweed vs Potto

Lemna gibba compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

• fat duckweed is Least Concern while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Araceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Lemna	Perodicticus
Species	Lemna gibba	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Potto
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).

Potto

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.