Java plum vs Milne-Edwards’s Sportive Lemur

Syzygium cumini compared with Lepilemur edwardsi

Key Differences

• Java plum is Least Concern while Milne-Edwards’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Java plum	Milne-Edwards’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Myrtaceae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Syzygium	Lepilemur
Species	Syzygium cumini	Lepilemur edwardsi

Conservation Status

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

Milne-Edwards’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Java plum	Milne-Edwards’s Sportive Lemur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Java plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Milne-Edwards’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.