Oustalet's Red Colobus vs Turmeric

Piliocolobus oustaleti compared with Curcuma longa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oustalet's Red Colobus	Turmeric
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	Curcuma
Species	Piliocolobus oustaleti	Curcuma longa

Conservation Status

Oustalet's Red Colobus

VU — Vulnerable

Turmeric

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Oustalet's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Turmeric

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan, Yemen), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).