Crowned Sifaka vs Stink-Kassie

Propithecus coronatus compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Crowned Sifaka is Critically Endangered while Stink-Kassie is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Sifaka	Stink-Kassie
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primaten)	Fabales (Schmetterlingsblütenartige)
Family	Indriidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Propithecus	Senna
Species	Propithecus coronatus	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Crowned Sifaka

CR — Critically Endangered

Stink-Kassie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Sifaka	Stink-Kassie
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crowned Sifaka

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stink-Kassie

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).