Crowned Sifaka vs Pencil flower

Propithecus coronatus compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Crowned Sifaka is Critically Endangered while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Sifaka	Pencil flower
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	Stylosanthes
Species	Propithecus coronatus	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Crowned Sifaka

CR — Critically Endangered

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Sifaka	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crowned Sifaka

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).