Lang's Red Colobus vs marsh thistle

Piliocolobus langi compared with Cirsium palustre

Key Differences

• Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered while marsh thistle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

marsh thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lang's Red Colobus	marsh thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

marsh thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).