Black Howler Monkey vs Jointed Pricklypear

Alouatta pigra compared with Opuntia aurantiaca

Key Differences

• Black Howler Monkey is Endangered while Jointed Pricklypear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Howler Monkey	Jointed Pricklypear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Atelidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Alouatta	Opuntia
Species	Alouatta pigra	Opuntia aurantiaca

Conservation Status

Black Howler Monkey

EN — Endangered

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Howler Monkey	Jointed Pricklypear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Howler Monkey

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.

Black Howler Monkey

The Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) is a species in the genus Alouatta. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.