Dryad Monkey vs five-leaf crotalaria

Chlorocebus dryas compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

• Dryad Monkey is Endangered while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dryad Monkey	five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Fabaceae
Genus	Chlorocebus	Crotalaria
Species	Chlorocebus dryas	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Dryad Monkey

EN — Endangered

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dryad Monkey	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dryad Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).