Gray’s Sportive Lemur vs Three-lined Soldier

Lepilemur dorsalis compared with Oxycera trilineata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray’s Sportive Lemur	Three-lined Soldier
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Lepilemuridae	Stratiomyidae
Genus	Lepilemur	Oxycera
Species	Lepilemur dorsalis	Oxycera trilineata

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray’s Sportive Lemur and Three-lined Soldier share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Three-lined Soldier

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray’s Sportive Lemur	Three-lined Soldier
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Three-lined Soldier

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.