Black Tooth vs Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Phellodon niger compared with Cercopithecus petaurista

Key Differences

• Black Tooth is Critically Endangered while Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Tooth	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Thelephoraceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Phellodon	Cercopithecus
Species	Phellodon niger	Cercopithecus petaurista

Conservation Status

Black Tooth

CR — Critically Endangered

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Tooth	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Tooth

Habitat

Inhabits temperate broadleaf and mixed forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered 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.

Black Tooth

The Black Tooth (Phellodon niger) is a species in the genus Phellodon. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.