Blue-black Tooth vs Potto

Phellodon atratus compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

• Blue-black Tooth is Least Concern while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-black Tooth	Potto
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Thelephoraceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Phellodon	Perodicticus
Species	Phellodon atratus	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

Blue-black Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-black Tooth	Potto
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-black Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Potto

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blue-black Tooth

The Blue-black Tooth (Phellodon atratus) is a species in the genus Phellodon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.