Potto vs sweet hakea

Perodicticus potto compared with Hakea drupacea

Key Differences

• Potto is Near Threatened while sweet hakea is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Potto	sweet hakea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Lorisidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Perodicticus	Hakea
Species	Perodicticus potto	Hakea drupacea

Conservation Status

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

sweet hakea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Potto	sweet hakea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Potto

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sweet hakea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across New Zealand and South Africa.