Gray’s Sportive Lemur vs Yellow Dodder

Lepilemur dorsalis compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray’s Sportive Lemur	Yellow 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 campestris

Conservation Status

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).