Aracá Uakari vs floating pennywort

Cacajao ayresi compared with Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Aracá Uakari floating pennywort
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Primates (Primates) Apiales (Apiales)
Family Pitheciidae Araliaceae
Genus Cacajao Hydrocotyle
Species Cacajao ayresi Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Conservation Status

Aracá Uakari

LC — Least Concern

floating pennywort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Aracá Uakari floating pennywort
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Average Length — —
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Habitat & Geographic Range

Aracá Uakari

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

floating pennywort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Zambia), Asia (5 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, Guatemala), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

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.

floating pennywort

No description available.

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