African locust-bean vs Dryad Monkey

Parkia biglobosa compared with Chlorocebus dryas

Key Differences

• African locust-bean is Least Concern while Dryad Monkey is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African locust-bean	Dryad Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Fabaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Parkia	Chlorocebus
Species	Parkia biglobosa	Chlorocebus dryas

Conservation Status

African locust-bean

LC — Least Concern

Dryad Monkey

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African locust-bean	Dryad Monkey
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.

Dryad Monkey

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.