Hispid starbur vs Lang's Red Colobus

Acanthospermum hispidum compared with Piliocolobus langi

Key Differences

• Hispid starbur is Not Evaluated while Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hispid starbur	Lang's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Acanthospermum	Piliocolobus
Species	Acanthospermum hispidum	Piliocolobus langi

Conservation Status

Hispid starbur

NE — Not Evaluated

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hispid starbur	Lang's Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hispid starbur

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (27 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.