Buddha's hand vs Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Alocasia cucullata compared with Cercopithecus petaurista

Key Differences

• Buddha's hand is Not Evaluated while Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buddha's hand	Lesser Spot-nosed 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 petaurista

Conservation Status

Buddha's hand

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buddha's hand	Lesser Spot-nosed 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).

Lesser Spot-nosed 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.