False Water Rat vs moustached guenon

Xeromys myoides compared with Cercopithecus cephus

Key Differences

• False Water Rat is Vulnerable while moustached guenon is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Water Rat	moustached guenon
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Xeromys	Cercopithecus
Species	Xeromys myoides	Cercopithecus cephus

Evolutionary Relationship

False Water Rat and moustached guenon share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

False Water Rat

VU — Vulnerable

moustached guenon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Water Rat	moustached guenon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

moustached guenon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.