Black Howler Monkey vs Pencil flower

Alouatta pigra compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Black Howler Monkey is Endangered while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Howler Monkey	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Atelidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Alouatta	Stylosanthes
Species	Alouatta pigra	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Black Howler Monkey

EN — Endangered

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Howler Monkey	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Howler Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.