Niger Delta Red Colobus vs small water-pepper

Piliocolobus epieni compared with Persicaria minor

Key Differences

• Niger Delta Red Colobus is Critically Endangered while small water-pepper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Niger Delta Red Colobus	small water-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Piliocolobus	Persicaria
Species	Piliocolobus epieni	Persicaria minor

Conservation Status

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

small water-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Niger Delta Red Colobus	small water-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small water-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea).