Agarwood vs Red-tailed Monkey

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Cercopithecus ascanius

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Red-tailed Monkey is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Red-tailed Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Aquilaria	Cercopithecus
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Cercopithecus ascanius

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Red-tailed Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Red-tailed Monkey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agarwood

Habitat

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

Range

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

Red-tailed Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Agarwood

The Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is a species in the genus Aquilaria. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.