Beach sheoak vs Niger Delta Red Colobus

Casuarina equisetifolia compared with Piliocolobus epieni

Key Differences

• Beach sheoak is Not Evaluated while Niger Delta Red Colobus is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach sheoak	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Casuarinaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Casuarina	Piliocolobus
Species	Casuarina equisetifolia	Piliocolobus epieni

Conservation Status

Beach sheoak

NE — Not Evaluated

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach sheoak	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach sheoak

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (19 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (6 countries).

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beach sheoak

The Beach sheoak (Casuarina equisetifolia) is a species in the genus Casuarina. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotro