Niger Delta Red Colobus vs Sieva bean

Piliocolobus epieni compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Niger Delta Red Colobus	Sieva bean
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	Piliocolobus	Phaseolus
Species	Piliocolobus epieni	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Niger Delta Red Colobus	Sieva bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).