'Ihi vs Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Oxalis corniculata compared with Cercopithecus petaurista

Key Differences

• 'Ihi is Least Concern while Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	'Ihi	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Oxalidaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Oxalis	Cercopithecus
Species	Oxalis corniculata	Cercopithecus petaurista

Conservation Status

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	'Ihi	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.