Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey vs Staggerweed

Lagothrix flavicauda compared with Stachys arvensis

Key Differences

• Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey is Critically Endangered while Staggerweed is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	Staggerweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Atelidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Lagothrix	Stachys
Species	Lagothrix flavicauda	Stachys arvensis

Conservation Status

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

Staggerweed

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Staggerweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (15 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Tonga), and South America (6 countries). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.