L'Hoest's Monkey vs Starfruit

Allochrocebus lhoesti compared with Damasonium alisma

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	L'Hoest's Monkey	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Alismataceae
Genus	Allochrocebus	Damasonium
Species	Allochrocebus lhoesti	Damasonium alisma

Conservation Status

L'Hoest's Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Starfruit

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	L'Hoest's Monkey	Starfruit
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

L'Hoest's Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Starfruit

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, flooded grasslands and savannas, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Egypt and Portugal. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.