cheken vs Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Luma chequen compared with Cercopithecus petaurista

Key Differences

• cheken is Least Concern while Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cheken	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Myrtaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Luma	Cercopithecus
Species	Luma chequen	Cercopithecus petaurista

Conservation Status

cheken

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cheken	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cheken

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cheken

The cheken (Luma chequen) is a species in the genus Luma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.