Jio vs Niger Delta Red Colobus

Commelina benghalensis compared with Piliocolobus epieni

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jio	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Commelinaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Commelina	Piliocolobus
Species	Commelina benghalensis	Piliocolobus epieni

Conservation Status

Jio

LC — Least Concern

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jio	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jio

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.