Niger Delta Red Colobus vs Vegetable fern

Piliocolobus epieni compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Niger Delta Red Colobus	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Piliocolobus	Diplazium
Species	Piliocolobus epieni	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Niger Delta Red Colobus	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.