Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey vs Sieva bean

Cercopithecus petaurista compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey is Near Threatened while Sieva bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey	Sieva bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Fabaceae
Genus	Cercopithecus	Phaseolus
Species	Cercopithecus petaurista	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).