Alligatorweed vs Aracá Uakari

Alternanthera philoxeroides compared with Cacajao ayresi

Key Differences

• Alligatorweed is Not Evaluated while Aracá Uakari is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alligatorweed	Aracá Uakari
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Alternanthera	Cacajao
Species	Alternanthera philoxeroides	Cacajao ayresi

Conservation Status

Alligatorweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Aracá Uakari

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alligatorweed	Aracá Uakari
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alligatorweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar), Asia (14 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Aracá Uakari

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alligatorweed

The Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) is a species in the genus Alternanthera. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Aracá Uakari

The Aracá Uakari (Cacajao ayresi) is a species in the genus Cacajao. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.