Gray’s Sportive Lemur vs Sour Prickle

Lepilemur dorsalis compared with Opuntia dillenii

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray’s Sportive Lemur	Sour Prickle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Lepilemuridae	Cactaceae
Genus	Lepilemur	Opuntia
Species	Lepilemur dorsalis	Opuntia dillenii

Conservation Status

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Sour Prickle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sour Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).