arara-canindé vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Ara ararauna compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• arara-canindé is Least Concern while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arara-canindé	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Primates (primatas)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Lepilemur
Species	Ara ararauna	Lepilemur dorsalis

Evolutionary Relationship

arara-canindé and Gray’s Sportive Lemur share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

arara-canindé

LC — Least Concern

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	arara-canindé	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

arara-canindé

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

arara-canindé

Uma das espécies de araras mais vistosas e amplamente mantidas em cativeiro, as araras-canindé exibem um brilhante azul-cobalto nas partes superiores contrastando com um vivo amarelo nas partes inferiores e testa verde. Habitam florestas, capoeiras e savanas do leste do Panamá pelo Venezuela, Brasil e Bolívia até o Peru e Equador. Extremamente inteligentes, vivem em casais ou pequenos bandos, alimentando-se de nozes de palmeira, sementes e frutos. Populares em avicultura há mais de 400 anos, podem viver mais de 80 anos em cativeiro.