vs Oustalet's Red Colobus

Buellia ocellata compared with Piliocolobus oustaleti

Key Differences

• is Near Threatened while Oustalet's Red Colobus is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Oustalet's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caliciales (Caliciales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Caliciaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Buellia	Piliocolobus
Species	Buellia ocellata	Piliocolobus oustaleti

Conservation Status

NT — Near Threatened

Oustalet's Red Colobus

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Oustalet's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buellia ocellata is a crustose lichen with a pale grey to white areolate thallus bearing dark lecideine apothecia surrounded by a paler excipular ring. It inhabits exposed bark of old deciduous trees and smooth-barked conifers in temperate European woodlands. This lichen is sensitive to air quality changes and associated with veteran trees in ancient woodland.