Bellyache bush vs Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Jatropha gossypiifolia compared with Cercopithecus petaurista

Key Differences

• Bellyache bush is Not Evaluated while Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellyache bush	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Jatropha	Cercopithecus
Species	Jatropha gossypiifolia	Cercopithecus petaurista

Conservation Status

Bellyache bush

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellyache bush	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bellyache bush

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (11 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bellyache bush

The Bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia) is a species in the genus Jatropha. Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.