Lacquered Bracket vs Niger Delta Red Colobus

Ganoderma lucidum compared with Piliocolobus epieni

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lacquered Bracket	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Polyporaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Ganoderma	Piliocolobus
Species	Ganoderma lucidum	Piliocolobus epieni

Conservation Status

Lacquered Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lacquered Bracket	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lacquered Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.