Gray’s Sportive Lemur vs Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

Lepilemur dorsalis compared with Physalis acutifolia

Key Differences

• Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered while Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray’s Sportive Lemur	Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Lepilemuridae	Solanaceae
Genus	Lepilemur	Physalis
Species	Lepilemur dorsalis	Physalis acutifolia

Conservation Status

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray’s Sportive Lemur	Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Japan and Sweden.