Ferny Azolla vs Lang's Red Colobus

Azolla pinnata compared with Piliocolobus langi

Key Differences

• Ferny Azolla is Least Concern while Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ferny Azolla	Lang's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Azolla	Piliocolobus
Species	Azolla pinnata	Piliocolobus langi

Conservation Status

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.