Pencil flower vs Phayre's leaf monkey

Stylosanthes guianensis compared with Trachypithecus phayrei

Key Differences

• Pencil flower is Least Concern while Phayre's leaf monkey is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pencil flower	Phayre's leaf monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Fabaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Stylosanthes	Trachypithecus
Species	Stylosanthes guianensis	Trachypithecus phayrei

Conservation Status

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Phayre's leaf monkey

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pencil flower	Phayre's leaf monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Phayre's leaf monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.