long yam vs Mona Monkey

Dioscorea transversa compared with Cercopithecus mona

Key Differences

• long yam is Least Concern while Mona Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	long yam	Mona Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Dioscorea	Cercopithecus
Species	Dioscorea transversa	Cercopithecus mona

Conservation Status

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Mona Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	long yam	Mona Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Mona Monkey

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Grenada and Sao Tome and Principe. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.