Gray’s Sportive Lemur vs Tickclover

Lepilemur dorsalis compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Gray’s Sportive Lemur Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Primates (Primates) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Lepilemuridae Fabaceae
Genus Lepilemur Desmodium
Species Lepilemur dorsalis Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

No description available.

Tickclover

No description available.

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