Gray’s Sportive Lemur vs Greater dodder

Lepilemur dorsalis compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray’s Sportive Lemur	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Lepilemuridae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Lepilemur	Cuscuta
Species	Lepilemur dorsalis	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).