Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey vs umkokolo

Lagothrix flavicauda compared with Dovyalis caffra

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	umkokolo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Atelidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Lagothrix	Dovyalis
Species	Lagothrix flavicauda	Dovyalis caffra

Conservation Status

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

umkokolo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

umkokolo

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).