Central African Red Colobus vs Vegetable fern

Piliocolobus foai compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Central African Red Colobus is Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central African Red Colobus	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Piliocolobus	Diplazium
Species	Piliocolobus foai	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Central African Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central African Red Colobus	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Central African Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.