Golden shower vs Potto

Cassia fistula compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

Golden shower is Least Concern while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden shower	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Fabaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Cassia	Perodicticus
Species	Cassia fistula	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

Golden shower

LC — Least Concern

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golden shower	Potto
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden shower

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (5 countries).