Crapemyrtle vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Lagerstroemia indica compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crapemyrtle	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Lythraceae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Lagerstroemia	Lepilemur
Species	Lagerstroemia indica	Lepilemur dorsalis

Conservation Status

Crapemyrtle

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crapemyrtle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal), North America (10 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.