finger-root vs Mona Monkey

Uvaria chamae compared with Cercopithecus mona

Key Differences

• finger-root is Least Concern while Mona Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	finger-root	Mona Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Annonaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Uvaria	Cercopithecus
Species	Uvaria chamae	Cercopithecus mona

Conservation Status

finger-root

LC — Least Concern

Mona Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	finger-root	Mona Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

finger-root

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Guinea.

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.