Poto Occidental vs Chilipuca Colorada

Perodicticus potto compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Poto Occidental is Near Threatened while Chilipuca Colorada is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Poto Occidental	Chilipuca Colorada
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Lorisidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Perodicticus	Phaseolus
Species	Perodicticus potto	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Poto Occidental

NT — Near Threatened

Chilipuca Colorada

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Poto Occidental	Chilipuca Colorada
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Poto Occidental

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chilipuca Colorada

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).