Easter cassia vs Greater Bamboo Lemur

Senna pendula compared with Prolemur simus

Key Differences

• Easter cassia is Least Concern while Greater Bamboo Lemur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Easter cassia	Greater Bamboo Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Fabaceae	Lemuridae (Lemurs)
Genus	Senna	Prolemur
Species	Senna pendula	Prolemur simus

Conservation Status

Easter cassia

LC — Least Concern

Greater Bamboo Lemur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Easter cassia	Greater Bamboo Lemur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Easter cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (Portugal), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Greater Bamboo Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.