Aracá Uakari vs Prickly Coontail

Cacajao ayresi compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Aracá Uakari is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Aracá Uakari	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Pitheciidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Cacajao	Ceratophyllum
Species	Cacajao ayresi	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Aracá Uakari

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Aracá Uakari	Prickly Coontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Aracá Uakari

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.