Dwarf eelgrass vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Zostera japonica compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• Dwarf eelgrass is Least Concern while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf eelgrass	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Zosteraceae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Zostera	Lepilemur
Species	Zostera japonica	Lepilemur dorsalis

Conservation Status

Dwarf eelgrass

LC — Least Concern

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf eelgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Laos, Norway, Taiwan, and United States.

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.