'Ihi vs Potto

Oxalis corniculata compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

'Ihi is Least Concern while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	'Ihi	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Oxalidaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Oxalis	Perodicticus
Species	Oxalis corniculata	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	'Ihi	Potto
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).