Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey vs slender thistle

Cercopithecus petaurista compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Cercopithecus	Carduus
Species	Cercopithecus petaurista	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.