Niger Delta Red Colobus vs Tea

Piliocolobus epieni compared with Camellia sinensis

Key Differences

• Niger Delta Red Colobus is Critically Endangered while Tea is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Niger Delta Red Colobus	Tea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Theaceae
Genus	Piliocolobus	Camellia
Species	Piliocolobus epieni	Camellia sinensis

Conservation Status

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Tea

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tea

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (Taiwan), North America (Jamaica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).