false pepperwort vs Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

Marsilea crenata compared with Microcebus jollyae

Key Differences

• false pepperwort is Least Concern while Jolly’s Mouse Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	false pepperwort	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Marsileaceae	Cheirogaleidae
Genus	Marsilea	Microcebus
Species	Marsilea crenata	Microcebus jollyae

Conservation Status

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	false pepperwort	Jolly’s Mouse 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.

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.