Ouistiti a queue noire vs slender thistle

Mico melanurus compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ouistiti a queue noire	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Callitrichidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Mico	Carduus
Species	Mico melanurus	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Ouistiti a queue noire

NT — Near Threatened

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ouistiti a queue noire	slender thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ouistiti a queue noire

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.