hooked-pepperwort vs Potto

Marsilea vestita compared with Perodicticus potto

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	hooked-pepperwort	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Marsileaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Marsilea	Perodicticus
Species	Marsilea vestita	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	hooked-pepperwort	Potto
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.