Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey vs smooth heliotrope

Lagothrix flavicauda compared with Heliotropium curassavicum

Key Differences

• Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey is Critically Endangered while smooth heliotrope is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	smooth heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Atelidae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Lagothrix	Heliotropium
Species	Lagothrix flavicauda	Heliotropium curassavicum

Conservation Status

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

smooth heliotrope

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	smooth heliotrope
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

smooth heliotrope

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).