Duckweed vs Lofty Pericote

Lemna perpusilla compared with Auliscomys sublimis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	Lofty Pericote
Kingdom	Plantae (thực vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Alismatales (Bộ Trạch tả)	Rodentia (Bộ Gặm nhấm)
Family	Araceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Lemna	Auliscomys
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Auliscomys sublimis

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Lofty Pericote

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	Lofty Pericote
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Duckweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).