vs Northern Pig-tailed Macaque

Comatricha elegans compared with Macaca leonina

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Northern Pig-tailed Macaque is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Stemonitidales	Primates (Primates)
Family	Stemonitidaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Comatricha	Macaca
Species	Comatricha elegans	Macaca leonina

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Pig-tailed Macaque

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Northern Pig-tailed Macaque

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Comatricha elegans is a delicate myxomycete forming slender, stalked, cylindrical sporangia with an intricate internal network of threads (capillitium) that aid spore dispersal. It grows on decaying wood and bark in humid forest environments worldwide. This species belongs to a group of slime moulds notable for their elegant fruiting body architecture and cosmopolitan distribution.