African locust-bean vs Crowned Sifaka

Parkia biglobosa compared with Propithecus coronatus

Key Differences

• African locust-bean is Least Concern while Crowned Sifaka is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African locust-bean	Crowned Sifaka
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Fabaceae	Indriidae
Genus	Parkia	Propithecus
Species	Parkia biglobosa	Propithecus coronatus

Conservation Status

African locust-bean

LC — Least Concern

Crowned Sifaka

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African locust-bean	Crowned Sifaka
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African locust-bean

Habitat

Inhabits mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Crowned Sifaka

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African locust-bean

The African locust-bean (Parkia biglobosa) is a species in the genus Parkia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.