arrowroot vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Thalia geniculata compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• arrowroot is Least Concern while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arrowroot	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Thaliacea (Thaliacea)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salpida (Salpida)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salpidae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Thalia	Lepilemur
Species	Thalia geniculata	Lepilemur dorsalis

Evolutionary Relationship

arrowroot and Gray’s Sportive Lemur share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

arrowroot

LC — Least Concern

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	arrowroot	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

arrowroot

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

arrowroot

The Arrowroot, Thalia geniculata, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Africa and Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.