Central African Red Colobus vs Java plum

Piliocolobus foai compared with Syzygium cumini

Key Differences

  • Central African Red Colobus is Endangered while Java plum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Central African Red Colobus Java plum
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Primates (Primates) Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys) Myrtaceae
Genus Piliocolobus Syzygium
Species Piliocolobus foai Syzygium cumini

Conservation Status

Central African Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Central African Red Colobus Java plum
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Central African Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Java plum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Central African Red Colobus

The Central African Red Colobus (Piliocolobus foai) is a species in the genus Piliocolobus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

Java plum

No description available.

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