Boatlily vs Potto

Tradescantia spathacea compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

• Boatlily is Not Evaluated while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boatlily	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Commelinaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Tradescantia	Perodicticus
Species	Tradescantia spathacea	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

Boatlily

NE — Not Evaluated

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boatlily	Potto
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boatlily

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Potto

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Boatlily

The Boatlily (Tradescantia spathacea) is a species in the genus Tradescantia. Native to Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil.