casca-de-ferro vs Potto

Eucalyptus paniculata compared with Perodicticus potto

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	casca-de-ferro	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Primates (primatas)
Family	Myrtaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Eucalyptus	Perodicticus
Species	Eucalyptus paniculata	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

casca-de-ferro

NT — Near Threatened

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	casca-de-ferro	Potto
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

casca-de-ferro

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Thailand, Vietnam), North America (Haiti, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (4 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.