Gray ironbark vs Oustalet's Red Colobus

Eucalyptus paniculata compared with Piliocolobus oustaleti

Key Differences

• Gray ironbark is Near Threatened while Oustalet's Red Colobus is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray ironbark	Oustalet's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Myrtaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Eucalyptus	Piliocolobus
Species	Eucalyptus paniculata	Piliocolobus oustaleti

Conservation Status

Gray ironbark

NT — Near Threatened

Oustalet's Red Colobus

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray ironbark	Oustalet's Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray ironbark

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Thailand, Vietnam), North America (Haiti, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (4 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Oustalet's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.