Ginger vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Zingiber officinale compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• Ginger is Not Evaluated while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ginger	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Zingiber	Lepilemur
Species	Zingiber officinale	Lepilemur dorsalis

Conservation Status

Ginger

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.