Lantana vs Potto

Lantana camara compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

Lantana is Least Concern while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lantana	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Verbenaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Lantana	Perodicticus
Species	Lantana camara	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

Lantana

LC — Least Concern

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lantana	Potto
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lantana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (30 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (5 countries).