crab eating macaque vs Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

Macaca fascicularis compared with Andigena hypoglauca

Key Differences

• crab eating macaque is Endangered while Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	crab eating macaque	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Piciformes (Piciformes)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Ramphastidae
Genus	Macaca	Andigena
Species	Macaca fascicularis	Andigena hypoglauca

Evolutionary Relationship

crab eating macaque and Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

crab eating macaque

EN — Endangered

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	crab eating macaque	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

crab eating macaque

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius), Asia (China, Japan, Malaysia), Europe (Norway), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

crab eating macaque

crab eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List. At high risk of extinction in the wild, with significant population decline and ongoing threats to survival.

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan (Andigena hypoglauca) is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List. Close to qualifying as threatened, with populations that may become vulnerable without conservation action.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇳🇴 Norway