Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey vs sweet tanglehead

Lagothrix flavicauda compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

• Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey is Critically Endangered while sweet tanglehead is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Atelidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Lagothrix	Heteropogon
Species	Lagothrix flavicauda	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.