Easter cassia vs Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

Senna pendula compared with Microcebus jollyae

Key Differences

Easter cassia is Least Concern while Jolly’s Mouse Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Easter cassia	Jolly’s Mouse 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	Cheirogaleidae
Genus	Senna	Microcebus
Species	Senna pendula	Microcebus jollyae

Conservation Status

Easter cassia

LC — Least Concern

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Easter cassia	Jolly’s Mouse 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).