hooked-pepperwort vs Oustalet's Red Colobus

Marsilea vestita compared with Piliocolobus oustaleti

Key Differences

• hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened while Oustalet's Red Colobus is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	hooked-pepperwort	Oustalet's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Marsileaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Marsilea	Piliocolobus
Species	Marsilea vestita	Piliocolobus oustaleti

Conservation Status

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Oustalet's Red Colobus

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	hooked-pepperwort	Oustalet's Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. 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.