Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey vs Tea

Lagothrix flavicauda compared with Camellia sinensis

Key Differences

• Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey is Critically Endangered while Tea is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	Tea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Atelidae	Theaceae
Genus	Lagothrix	Camellia
Species	Lagothrix flavicauda	Camellia sinensis

Conservation Status

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

Tea

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tea

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (Taiwan), North America (Jamaica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).