Lang's Red Colobus vs Wild Lettuce

Piliocolobus langi compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lang's Red Colobus	Wild Lettuce
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	Lactuca
Species	Piliocolobus langi	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lang's Red Colobus	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).