Ear tree vs Niger Delta Red Colobus

Enterolobium cyclocarpum compared with Piliocolobus epieni

Key Differences

• Ear tree is Least Concern while Niger Delta Red Colobus is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ear tree	Niger Delta 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	Enterolobium	Piliocolobus
Species	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	Piliocolobus epieni

Conservation Status

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ear tree	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.