bitter-kola vs Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Garcinia kola compared with Cercopithecus petaurista

Key Differences

• bitter-kola is Vulnerable while Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bitter-kola	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	Clusiaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Garcinia	Cercopithecus
Species	Garcinia kola	Cercopithecus petaurista

Conservation Status

bitter-kola

VU — Vulnerable

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bitter-kola	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bitter-kola

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

bitter-kola

The Bitter-kola (Garcinia kola) is a species in the genus Garcinia. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo