Onion Earthball vs Oustalet's Red Colobus

Scleroderma cepa compared with Piliocolobus oustaleti

Key Differences

• Onion Earthball is Data Deficient while Oustalet's Red Colobus is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Onion Earthball	Oustalet's Red Colobus
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Sclerodermataceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Scleroderma	Piliocolobus
Species	Scleroderma cepa	Piliocolobus oustaleti

Conservation Status

Onion Earthball

DD — Data Deficient

Oustalet's Red Colobus

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Onion Earthball	Oustalet's Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Onion Earthball

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Oustalet's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.