Niger Delta Red Colobus vs Nutgrass

Piliocolobus epieni compared with Cyperus rotundus

Key Differences

• Niger Delta Red Colobus is Critically Endangered while Nutgrass is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Niger Delta Red Colobus	Nutgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Piliocolobus	Cyperus
Species	Piliocolobus epieni	Cyperus rotundus

Conservation Status

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Nutgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Niger Delta Red Colobus	Nutgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Nutgrass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (20 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (12 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (7 countries).