false pepperwort vs Mona Monkey

Marsilea crenata compared with Cercopithecus mona

Key Differences

• false pepperwort is Least Concern while Mona Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	false pepperwort	Mona Monkey
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	Cercopithecus
Species	Marsilea crenata	Cercopithecus mona

Conservation Status

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Mona Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	false pepperwort	Mona Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

Mona Monkey

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Grenada and Sao Tome and Principe. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.