Lang's Red Colobus vs Pencil flower

Piliocolobus langi compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

  • Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Lang's Red Colobus Pencil flower
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Primates (Primates) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys) Fabaceae
Genus Piliocolobus Stylosanthes
Species Piliocolobus langi Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Lang's Red Colobus Pencil flower
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Lang's Red Colobus

No description available.

Pencil flower

No description available.

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