Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey vs Small Cow-Wheat

Lagothrix flavicauda compared with Melampyrum sylvaticum

Key Differences

• Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey is Critically Endangered while Small Cow-Wheat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	Small Cow-Wheat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Atelidae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Lagothrix	Melampyrum
Species	Lagothrix flavicauda	Melampyrum sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

Small Cow-Wheat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	Small Cow-Wheat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Cow-Wheat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.