Black fruited galanga vs Northern Greater Galago

Alpinia nigra compared with Otolemur garnettii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	Northern Greater Galago
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Galagidae
Genus	Alpinia	Otolemur
Species	Alpinia nigra	Otolemur garnettii

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

Northern Greater Galago

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	Northern Greater Galago
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

Northern Greater Galago

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.