false pepperwort vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Marsilea crenata compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• false pepperwort is Least Concern while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	false pepperwort	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Marsileaceae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Marsilea	Lepilemur
Species	Marsilea crenata	Lepilemur dorsalis

Conservation Status

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	false pepperwort	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

false pepperwort

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

Found in Indonesia.

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.