Agarwood vs Crested Mona Monkey

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Cercopithecus pogonias

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Crested Mona Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Crested Mona Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Aquilaria	Cercopithecus
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Cercopithecus pogonias

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Crested Mona Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Crested Mona Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agarwood

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Crested Mona Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Agarwood

The Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is a species in the genus Aquilaria. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.