Black Crested Mangabey vs Tickclover

Lophocebus aterrimus compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

• Black Crested Mangabey is Vulnerable while Tickclover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Crested Mangabey	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Fabaceae
Genus	Lophocebus	Desmodium
Species	Lophocebus aterrimus	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Black Crested Mangabey

VU — Vulnerable

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Crested Mangabey	Tickclover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Crested Mangabey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Black Crested Mangabey

The Black Crested Mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus) is a species in the genus Lophocebus. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.