Caquetá-Springaffe vs Dotted Firefly

Plecturocebus caquetensis compared with Lucidota punctata

Key Differences

• Caquetá-Springaffe is Critically Endangered while Dotted Firefly is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caquetá-Springaffe	Dotted Firefly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order	Primates (Primaten)	Coleoptera (Käfer)
Family	Pitheciidae	Lampyridae
Genus	Plecturocebus	Lucidota
Species	Plecturocebus caquetensis	Lucidota punctata

Evolutionary Relationship

Caquetá-Springaffe and Dotted Firefly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Tier)

Conservation Status

Caquetá-Springaffe

CR — Critically Endangered

Dotted Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caquetá-Springaffe	Dotted Firefly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Caquetá-Springaffe

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Colombia. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Dotted Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Caquetá-Springaffe

The Caquetá Titi (Plecturocebus caquetensis) is a species in the genus Plecturocebus. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the