Corn spurry vs Jentink's Duiker

Spergula arvensis compared with Cephalophus jentinki

Key Differences

• Corn spurry is Least Concern while Jentink's Duiker is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Corn spurry	Jentink's Duiker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Spergula	Cephalophus
Species	Spergula arvensis	Cephalophus jentinki

Conservation Status

Corn spurry

LC — Least Concern

Jentink's Duiker

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Corn spurry	Jentink's Duiker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Corn spurry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

Jentink's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.