Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey vs Thatching grass

Lagothrix flavicauda compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey is Critically Endangered while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	Thatching grass
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	Hyparrhenia
Species	Lagothrix flavicauda	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).