Lang's Red Colobus vs Spitting Spider

Piliocolobus langi compared with Scytodes thoracica

Key Differences

• Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered while Spitting Spider is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lang's Red Colobus	Spitting Spider
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Scytodidae
Genus	Piliocolobus	Scytodes
Species	Piliocolobus langi	Scytodes thoracica

Evolutionary Relationship

Lang's Red Colobus and Spitting Spider share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Spitting Spider

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lang's Red Colobus	Spitting Spider
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spitting Spider

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (28 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).