five-leaf crotalaria vs Lavasoa Dwarf Lemur

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Cheirogaleus lavasoensis

Key Differences

• five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern while Lavasoa Dwarf Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	five-leaf crotalaria	Lavasoa Dwarf 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	Crotalaria	Cheirogaleus
Species	Crotalaria quinquefolia	Cheirogaleus lavasoensis

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Lavasoa Dwarf Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	five-leaf crotalaria	Lavasoa Dwarf Lemur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

Lavasoa Dwarf Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.