Greater Bamboo Lemur vs Sieva bean

Prolemur simus compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Greater Bamboo Lemur is Critically Endangered while Sieva bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Bamboo Lemur	Sieva bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Lemuridae (Lemurs)	Fabaceae
Genus	Prolemur	Phaseolus
Species	Prolemur simus	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Greater Bamboo Lemur

CR — Critically Endangered

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Bamboo Lemur	Sieva bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Bamboo Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).