Dwarf Water Clover vs Lomami Red Colobus

Marsilea minuta compared with Piliocolobus parmentieri

Key Differences

• Dwarf Water Clover is Least Concern while Lomami Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Water Clover	Lomami Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Marsileaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Marsilea	Piliocolobus
Species	Marsilea minuta	Piliocolobus parmentieri

Conservation Status

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Lomami Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Water Clover	Lomami Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Lomami Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.