ilima vs Mona Monkey

Sida cordifolia compared with Cercopithecus mona

Key Differences

• ilima is Least Concern while Mona Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	ilima	Mona Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Malvaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Sida	Cercopithecus
Species	Sida cordifolia	Cercopithecus mona

Conservation Status

ilima

LC — Least Concern

Mona Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	ilima	Mona Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

ilima

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.