Alligatorweed vs Potto

Alternanthera philoxeroides compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

• Alligatorweed is Not Evaluated while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alligatorweed	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Alternanthera	Perodicticus
Species	Alternanthera philoxeroides	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

Alligatorweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alligatorweed	Potto
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alligatorweed

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar), Asia (14 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Potto

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alligatorweed

The Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) is a species in the genus Alternanthera. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.