Oustalet's Red Colobus vs Yellow Dodder

Piliocolobus oustaleti compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Oustalet's Red Colobus is Vulnerable while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oustalet's Red Colobus	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Piliocolobus	Cuscuta
Species	Piliocolobus oustaleti	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Oustalet's Red Colobus

VU — Vulnerable

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Oustalet's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).