Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey vs utile

Cercopithecus petaurista compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey is Near Threatened while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey	utile
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)	Meliaceae
Genus	Cercopithecus	Entandrophragma
Species	Cercopithecus petaurista	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

utile

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.