Bladder-nut vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Diospyros whyteana compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• Bladder-nut is Least Concern while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bladder-nut	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Ebenaceae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Diospyros	Lepilemur
Species	Diospyros whyteana	Lepilemur dorsalis

Conservation Status

Bladder-nut

LC — Least Concern

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bladder-nut	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bladder-nut

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bladder-nut

The Bladder-nut (Diospyros whyteana) is a species in the genus Diospyros. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.