black colobus vs Leatherback Sea Turtle

Colobus satanas compared with Dermochelys coriacea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black colobus	Leatherback Sea Turtle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Reptilia (Reptiles)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Testudines (Turtles & Tortoises)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Colobus	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Colobus satanas	Dermochelys coriacea

Evolutionary Relationship

black colobus and Leatherback Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

black colobus

VU — Vulnerable

Leatherback Sea Turtle

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~35.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black colobus	Leatherback Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	50 years
Average Length	—	2.0 m
Average Weight	—	500.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

black colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Costa Rica, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

black colobus

The Black Colobus (Colobus satanas) is a species in the genus Colobus. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.