Chinaroot vs Lang's Red Colobus

Dioscorea villosa compared with Piliocolobus langi

Key Differences

• Chinaroot is Not Evaluated while Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinaroot	Lang's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Dioscorea	Piliocolobus
Species	Dioscorea villosa	Piliocolobus langi

Conservation Status

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinaroot	Lang's Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinaroot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinaroot

The Chinaroot (Dioscorea villosa) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.