Crowned Sifaka vs five-leaf crotalaria

Propithecus coronatus compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

• Crowned Sifaka is Critically Endangered while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Sifaka	five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Indriidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Propithecus	Crotalaria
Species	Propithecus coronatus	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Crowned Sifaka

CR — Critically Endangered

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Sifaka	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crowned Sifaka

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).