Dixie ticktrefoil vs Lomami Red Colobus

Desmodium tortuosum compared with Piliocolobus parmentieri

Key Differences

• Dixie ticktrefoil is Least Concern while Lomami Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dixie ticktrefoil	Lomami Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Fabaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Desmodium	Piliocolobus
Species	Desmodium tortuosum	Piliocolobus parmentieri

Conservation Status

Dixie ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Lomami Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dixie ticktrefoil	Lomami Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dixie ticktrefoil

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Lomami Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.