Couchgrass vs Niger Delta Red Colobus

Elymus repens compared with Piliocolobus epieni

Key Differences

• Couchgrass is Least Concern while Niger Delta Red Colobus is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Couchgrass	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Elymus	Piliocolobus
Species	Elymus repens	Piliocolobus epieni

Conservation Status

Couchgrass

LC — Least Concern

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Couchgrass	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Couchgrass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and temperate coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, South Africa), Asia (Iran, North Korea), Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.