Rootless Duckweed vs Sumatran orangutan

Wolffia arrhiza compared with Pongo abelii

Key Differences

• Rootless Duckweed is Endangered while Sumatran orangutan is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Rootless Duckweed	Sumatran orangutan
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Araceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Wolffia	Pongo (Orangutans)
Species	Wolffia arrhiza	Pongo abelii

Conservation Status

Rootless Duckweed

EN — Endangered

Sumatran orangutan

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Rootless Duckweed	Sumatran orangutan
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Rootless Duckweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Sumatran orangutan

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.