Black fruited galanga vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Alpinia nigra compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• Black fruited galanga is Least Concern while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Primates (primatas)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Alpinia	Lepilemur
Species	Alpinia nigra	Lepilemur dorsalis

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.