Northern Raphia vs Pilbara ningaui

Raphia sudanica compared with Ningaui timealeyi

Key Differences

• Northern Raphia is Near Threatened while Pilbara ningaui is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Raphia	Pilbara ningaui
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Arecaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Raphia	Ningaui
Species	Raphia sudanica	Ningaui timealeyi

Conservation Status

Northern Raphia

NT — Near Threatened

Pilbara ningaui

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Raphia	Pilbara ningaui
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Northern Raphia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Pilbara ningaui

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.