Aullador Negro vs Leatherback Sea Turtle

Alouatta caraya compared with Dermochelys coriacea

Key Differences

Aullador Negro is Near Threatened while Leatherback Sea Turtle is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Aullador Negro	Leatherback Sea Turtle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Reptilia (reptil)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Testudines (Turtles & Tortoises)
Family	Atelidae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Alouatta	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Alouatta caraya	Dermochelys coriacea

Evolutionary Relationship

Aullador Negro and Leatherback Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Vista Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

Aullador Negro

NT — Near Threatened

Leatherback Sea Turtle

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~35.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Aullador Negro	Leatherback Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	50 years
Average Length	—	2.0 m
Average Weight	—	500.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Aullador Negro

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Leatherback Sea Turtle

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 Australasia and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Costa Rica, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Aullador Negro

The Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya) is a species in the genus Alouatta. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.