Jolly’s Mouse Lemur vs Stink-Kassie

Microcebus jollyae compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Jolly’s Mouse Lemur is Endangered while Stink-Kassie is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur	Stink-Kassie
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primaten)	Fabales (Schmetterlingsblütenartige)
Family	Cheirogaleidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Microcebus	Senna
Species	Microcebus jollyae	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

EN — Endangered

Stink-Kassie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur	Stink-Kassie
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

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).