chenille prickly-pear vs Lang's Red Colobus

Opuntia aciculata compared with Piliocolobus langi

Key Differences

• chenille prickly-pear is Data Deficient while Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chenille prickly-pear	Lang's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Cactaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Opuntia	Piliocolobus
Species	Opuntia aciculata	Piliocolobus langi

Conservation Status

chenille prickly-pear

DD — Data Deficient

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chenille prickly-pear	Lang's Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chenille prickly-pear

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

chenille prickly-pear

The chenille prickly-pear (Opuntia aciculata) is a species in the genus Opuntia. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.