Blackboard Tree vs Crowned Sifaka

Alstonia scholaris compared with Propithecus coronatus

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Crowned Sifaka is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Crowned Sifaka
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Apocynaceae	Indriidae
Genus	Alstonia	Propithecus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Propithecus coronatus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Crowned Sifaka

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Crowned Sifaka
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Crowned Sifaka

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. 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 Oceanian biogeographic realm.