Aracá Uakari vs lignum vitae

Cacajao ayresi compared with Guaiacum officinale

Key Differences

• Aracá Uakari is Least Concern while lignum vitae is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Aracá Uakari	lignum vitae
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Pitheciidae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Cacajao	Guaiacum
Species	Cacajao ayresi	Guaiacum officinale

Conservation Status

Aracá Uakari

LC — Least Concern

lignum vitae

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Aracá Uakari	lignum vitae
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Aracá Uakari

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lignum vitae

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, India, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.