False Slender-footed Robberfly vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Leptarthrus vitripennis compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Slender-footed Robberfly	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Diptera (Diptera)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Asilidae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Leptarthrus	Lepilemur
Species	Leptarthrus vitripennis	Lepilemur dorsalis

Evolutionary Relationship

False Slender-footed Robberfly and Gray’s Sportive Lemur share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

False Slender-footed Robberfly

EN — Endangered

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Slender-footed Robberfly	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Slender-footed Robberfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.