Garden sorrel vs Potto

Rumex acetosa compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

Garden sorrel is Least Concern while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garden sorrel	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Polygonaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Rumex	Perodicticus
Species	Rumex acetosa	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

Garden sorrel

LC — Least Concern

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garden sorrel	Potto
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Garden sorrel

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).