Corn spurry vs Lomami Red Colobus

Spergula arvensis compared with Piliocolobus parmentieri

Key Differences

• Corn spurry is Least Concern while Lomami Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Corn spurry	Lomami Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Spergula	Piliocolobus
Species	Spergula arvensis	Piliocolobus parmentieri

Conservation Status

Corn spurry

LC — Least Concern

Lomami Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Corn spurry	Lomami Red Colobus
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).

Lomami Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.