Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey vs Wormseed

Lagothrix flavicauda compared with Dysphania anthelmintica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey	Wormseed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Atelidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Lagothrix	Dysphania
Species	Lagothrix flavicauda	Dysphania anthelmintica

Conservation Status

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

Wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wormseed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).