Ferny Azolla vs Peters' Duiker

Azolla pinnata compared with Cephalophus callipygus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ferny Azolla	Peters' 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 callipygus

Conservation Status

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Peters' Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ferny Azolla	Peters' 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).