Banded Surili vs Jointed Pricklypear

Presbytis femoralis compared with Opuntia aurantiaca

Key Differences

• Banded Surili is Critically Endangered while Jointed Pricklypear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Surili	Jointed Pricklypear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Cactaceae
Genus	Presbytis	Opuntia
Species	Presbytis femoralis	Opuntia aurantiaca

Conservation Status

Banded Surili

CR — Critically Endangered

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Surili	Jointed Pricklypear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Surili

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jointed Pricklypear

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Eswatini, Jamaica, Namibia, and South Africa.

Banded Surili

The Banded Surili (Presbytis femoralis) is a species in the genus Presbytis. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.