Central African Red Colobus vs Thatching grass

Piliocolobus foai compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Central African Red Colobus is Endangered while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central African Red Colobus	Thatching grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Piliocolobus	Hyparrhenia
Species	Piliocolobus foai	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Central African Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central African Red Colobus	Thatching grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Central African Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

Central African Red Colobus

The Central African Red Colobus (Piliocolobus foai) is a species in the genus Piliocolobus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.