Blackwood vs Oustalet's Red Colobus

Acacia melanoxylon compared with Piliocolobus oustaleti

Key Differences

• Blackwood is Not Evaluated while Oustalet's Red Colobus is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackwood	Oustalet's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Fabaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Acacia	Piliocolobus
Species	Acacia melanoxylon	Piliocolobus oustaleti

Conservation Status

Blackwood

NE — Not Evaluated

Oustalet's Red Colobus

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackwood	Oustalet's Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackwood

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (16 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Haiti, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (8 countries).

Oustalet's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blackwood

The Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) is a species in the genus Acacia. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations, found across Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, and more.