Oustalet's Red Colobus vs Shellplant

Piliocolobus oustaleti compared with Alpinia zerumbet

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oustalet's Red Colobus	Shellplant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Piliocolobus	Alpinia
Species	Piliocolobus oustaleti	Alpinia zerumbet

Conservation Status

Oustalet's Red Colobus

VU — Vulnerable

Shellplant

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Oustalet's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shellplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (Cuba, Nicaragua, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).