Java plum vs Niger Delta Red Colobus

Syzygium cumini compared with Piliocolobus epieni

Key Differences

• Java plum is Least Concern while Niger Delta Red Colobus is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Java plum	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Myrtaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Syzygium	Piliocolobus
Species	Syzygium cumini	Piliocolobus epieni

Conservation Status

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Java plum	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Java plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.