Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey vs Scaly Stalkball

Lagothrix flavicauda compared with Tulostoma melanocyclum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	Scaly Stalkball
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Atelidae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Lagothrix	Tulostoma
Species	Lagothrix flavicauda	Tulostoma melanocyclum

Conservation Status

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

Scaly Stalkball

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	Scaly Stalkball
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Scaly Stalkball

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

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