Lowe s Mona Monkey vs Silver wattle

Cercopithecus lowei compared with Acacia dealbata

Key Differences

• Lowe s Mona Monkey is Vulnerable while Silver wattle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lowe s Mona Monkey	Silver wattle
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	Acacia
Species	Cercopithecus lowei	Acacia dealbata

Conservation Status

Lowe s Mona Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Silver wattle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lowe s Mona Monkey	Silver wattle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lowe s Mona Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silver wattle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (5 countries).