Blackboard Tree vs Ursine Colobus

Alstonia scholaris compared with Colobus vellerosus

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Ursine Colobus is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Ursine Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Apocynaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Alstonia	Colobus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Colobus vellerosus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Ursine Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Ursine Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Ursine Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.