Mona Monkey vs Sour orange

Cercopithecus mona compared with Citrus aurantium

Key Differences

• Mona Monkey is Near Threatened while Sour orange is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mona Monkey	Sour orange
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)	Rutaceae
Genus	Cercopithecus	Citrus
Species	Cercopithecus mona	Citrus aurantium

Conservation Status

Mona Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Sour orange

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mona Monkey	Sour orange
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Sour orange

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe