Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey vs Tiny Fern-Moss

Lagothrix flavicauda compared with Fissidens exiguus

Key Differences

• Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey is Critically Endangered while Tiny Fern-Moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	Tiny Fern-Moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Atelidae	Fissidentaceae
Genus	Lagothrix	Fissidens
Species	Lagothrix flavicauda	Fissidens exiguus

Conservation Status

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

Tiny Fern-Moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	Tiny Fern-Moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tiny Fern-Moss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and United States.