Lang's Red Colobus vs Panhandle Prickly-pear

Piliocolobus langi compared with Opuntia polyacantha

Key Differences

• Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered while Panhandle Prickly-pear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lang's Red Colobus	Panhandle Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Cactaceae
Genus	Piliocolobus	Opuntia
Species	Piliocolobus langi	Opuntia polyacantha

Conservation Status

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Panhandle Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lang's Red Colobus	Panhandle Prickly-pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Panhandle Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Czech Republic.