Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey vs Rusty Firedot Lichen

Lagothrix flavicauda compared with Blastenia ferruginea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	Rusty Firedot Lichen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Teloschistales (Teloschistales)
Family	Atelidae	Teloschistaceae
Genus	Lagothrix	Blastenia
Species	Lagothrix flavicauda	Blastenia ferruginea

Conservation Status

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

Rusty Firedot Lichen

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	Rusty Firedot Lichen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rusty Firedot Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.