Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey vs toothcup

Lagothrix flavicauda compared with Ammannia latifolia

Key Differences

• Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey is Critically Endangered while toothcup is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Atelidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Lagothrix	Ammannia
Species	Lagothrix flavicauda	Ammannia latifolia

Conservation Status

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

toothcup

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), North America (Cuba), and South America (4 countries).