Buddha's hand vs Diana monkey

Alocasia cucullata compared with Cercopithecus diana

Key Differences

• Buddha's hand is Not Evaluated while Diana monkey is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buddha's hand	Diana monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Araceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Alocasia	Cercopithecus
Species	Alocasia cucullata	Cercopithecus diana

Conservation Status

Buddha's hand

NE — Not Evaluated

Diana monkey

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buddha's hand	Diana monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buddha's hand

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Diana monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buddha's hand

The Buddha'S Hand (Alocasia cucullata) is a species in the genus Alocasia. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.