Elephant Palm vs Equatorial Saki

Borassus aethiopum compared with Pithecia aequatorialis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Equatorial Saki
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Arecaceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Borassus	Pithecia
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Pithecia aequatorialis

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Equatorial Saki

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Equatorial Saki
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Equatorial Saki

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.