Bottlebrush Grass vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Elymus hystrix compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• Bottlebrush Grass is Not Evaluated while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bottlebrush Grass	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Elymus	Lepilemur
Species	Elymus hystrix	Lepilemur dorsalis

Conservation Status

Bottlebrush Grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bottlebrush Grass	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bottlebrush Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and United States.

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bottlebrush Grass

The Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix) is a species in the genus Elymus. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.