Niger Delta Red Colobus vs thatch palm

Piliocolobus epieni compared with Coccothrinax crinita

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Niger Delta Red Colobus	thatch palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Arecaceae
Genus	Piliocolobus	Coccothrinax
Species	Piliocolobus epieni	Coccothrinax crinita

Conservation Status

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

thatch palm

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Niger Delta Red Colobus	thatch palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

thatch palm

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.