Cupped Ear vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Otidea cantharella compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• Cupped Ear is Least Concern while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cupped Ear	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Otideaceae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Otidea	Lepilemur
Species	Otidea cantharella	Lepilemur dorsalis

Conservation Status

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.