Brown-eared Woolly Opossum vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Caluromys lanatus compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

• Brown-eared Woolly Opossum is Least Concern while Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown-eared Woolly Opossum	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Didelphidae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Caluromys	Pygathrix
Species	Caluromys lanatus	Pygathrix cinerea

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum and Gray-shanked Douc Langur share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown-eared Woolly Opossum	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

The Brown-eared Woolly Opossum (Caluromys lanatus) is a species in the genus Caluromys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.