attoto yam vs Monk Saki

Dioscorea cayenensis compared with Pithecia monachus

Key Differences

• attoto yam is Not Evaluated while Monk Saki is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	attoto yam	Monk Saki
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Dioscorea	Pithecia
Species	Dioscorea cayenensis	Pithecia monachus

Conservation Status

attoto yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Monk Saki

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	attoto yam	Monk Saki
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

attoto yam

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Panama), and South America (5 countries).

Monk Saki

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

attoto yam

The Attoto yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.