Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey vs

Cercopithecus petaurista compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey is Near Threatened while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Cercopithecus	Postia
Species	Cercopithecus petaurista	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.