Beggar'S-Buttons vs Lang's Red Colobus

Arctium lappa compared with Piliocolobus langi

Key Differences

• Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Lang's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Arctium	Piliocolobus
Species	Arctium lappa	Piliocolobus langi

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Lang's Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.