Chickenweed vs Potto

Portulaca quadrifida compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

• Chickenweed is Not Evaluated while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chickenweed	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Portulacaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Portulaca	Perodicticus
Species	Portulaca quadrifida	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chickenweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Potto

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.