Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey vs lime prickly-ash

Cercopithecus petaurista compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Key Differences

• Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey is Near Threatened while lime prickly-ash is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey	lime prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Rutaceae
Genus	Cercopithecus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Cercopithecus petaurista	Zanthoxylum fagara

Conservation Status

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey	lime prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.