vs Highland Mangabey

Exobasidium splendidum compared with Rungwecebus kipunji

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Highland Mangabey is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Highland Mangabey
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Exobasidiaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Exobasidium	Rungwecebus
Species	Exobasidium splendidum	Rungwecebus kipunji

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Highland Mangabey

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Highland Mangabey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

Highland Mangabey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Exobasidium splendidum is a parasitic basidiomycete fungus that forms galls and hypertrophied growths on the leaves and stems of host plants in the heath family. It inhabits boreal and montane habitats where Ericaceae shrubs such as Arctostaphylos grow. This parasitic fungus deforms host plant tissue to extract nutrients during its reproductive phase.