Delacour's langur vs Yellow Dodder

Trachypithecus delacouri compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

  • Delacour's langur is Critically Endangered while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Delacour's langur Yellow Dodder
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Primates (Primates) Solanales (Solanales)
Family Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys) Convolvulaceae
Genus Trachypithecus Cuscuta
Species Trachypithecus delacouri Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Delacour's langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Delacour's langur Yellow Dodder
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delacour's langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Delacour's langur

No description available.

Yellow Dodder

No description available.

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