chainfruit vs Potto

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Apocynaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Alyxia	Perodicticus
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Potto

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.