Ferny Azolla vs Jentink's Duiker

Azolla pinnata compared with Cephalophus jentinki

Key Differences

• Ferny Azolla is Least Concern while Jentink's Duiker is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ferny Azolla	Jentink's Duiker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Azolla	Cephalophus
Species	Azolla pinnata	Cephalophus jentinki

Conservation Status

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Jentink's Duiker

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ferny Azolla	Jentink's Duiker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

Jentink's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.