Oustalet's Red Colobus vs wormseed

Piliocolobus oustaleti compared with Artemisia maritima

Key Differences

• Oustalet's Red Colobus is Vulnerable while wormseed is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oustalet's Red Colobus	wormseed
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	Artemisia
Species	Piliocolobus oustaleti	Artemisia maritima

Conservation Status

Oustalet's Red Colobus

VU — Vulnerable

wormseed

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Oustalet's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wormseed

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 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.