Jolly’s Mouse Lemur vs wild safflower

Microcebus jollyae compared with Carthamus oxyacanthus

Key Differences

• Jolly’s Mouse Lemur is Endangered while wild safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur	wild safflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cheirogaleidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Microcebus	Carthamus
Species	Microcebus jollyae	Carthamus oxyacanthus

Conservation Status

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

EN — Endangered

wild safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur	wild safflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wild safflower

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, India, Pakistan, and Sweden.