Bufty Saki vs Sprawling signalgrass

Pithecia albicans compared with Urochloa reptans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bufty Saki Sprawling signalgrass
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Primates (Primates) Poales (Grasses)
Family Pitheciidae Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus Pithecia Urochloa
Species Pithecia albicans Urochloa reptans

Conservation Status

Bufty Saki

LC — Least Concern

Sprawling signalgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bufty Saki Sprawling signalgrass
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bufty Saki

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sprawling signalgrass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan, Timor-Leste), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Bufty Saki

The Bufty Saki (Pithecia albicans) is a species in the genus Pithecia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sprawling signalgrass

No description available.

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