Katung Fa vs Mona Monkey

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Cercopithecus mona

Key Differences

• Katung Fa is Least Concern while Mona Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Katung Fa	Mona Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)	Primates (อันดับวานร)
Family	Apocynaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Alstonia	Cercopithecus
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Cercopithecus mona

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Mona Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Katung Fa	Mona Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Mona Monkey

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Grenada and Sao Tome and Principe. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.