Potto vs Wild Lettuce

Perodicticus potto compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Potto is Near Threatened while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Potto	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Lorisidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Perodicticus	Lactuca
Species	Perodicticus potto	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Potto	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Potto

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).