Common Gold-Dust vs gorilla

Chrysothrix xanthina compared with Gorilla gorilla

Key Differences

Common Gold-Dust is Not Evaluated while gorilla is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Gold-Dust	gorilla
Kingdom	Fungi (菌界)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Ascomycota (子嚢菌門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Arthoniomycetes (ホシゴケ菌綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Arthoniales (Arthoniales)	Primates (サル目)
Family	Chrysotrichaceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Chrysothrix	Gorilla (Gorillas)
Species	Chrysothrix xanthina	Gorilla gorilla

Conservation Status

Common Gold-Dust

NE — Not Evaluated

gorilla

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Gold-Dust	gorilla
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	1.7 m
Average Weight	—	160.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Gold-Dust

Habitat

Native to North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and United States.

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Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Congo (Republic), Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Common Gold-Dust

Chrysothrix xanthina, commonly known as common gold-dust, is a crustose lichen in the family Chrysotrichaceae. The species has been documented in Brazil, Colombia, and the United States, indicating a distribution across parts of South and North America. Lichens in the genus Chrysothrix are characterized by their powdery, brightly colored thallus, and C. xanthina is typically recognized by its distinctive yellow-gold granular coating on its substrate, produced by pigments including calycin and vulpinic acid. Chrysothrix xanthina typically grows on the bark of trees and occasionally on rock surfaces in humid forest and woodland habitats, where it forms conspicuous yellow patches. The species is not currently evaluated for conservation status. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature. As a lichen, Chrysothrix xanthina represents a symbiotic association between a fungal partner (mycobiont) and one or more photosynthetic partners (algae or cyanobacteria), and contributes to nutrient cycling and substrate weathering in the ecosystems it inhabits.

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世界最大の霊長類であるニシゴリラは体重が最大180kgに達し、赤道アフリカの熱帯・亜熱帯の森林に生息する。主に草食性で、群れを守り社会的な対立を仲裁するシルバーバック雄が率いる家族集団を形成する。森林破壊、食肉目的の密猟、エボラウイルス感染症の流行により脅威にさらされており、近絶滅種（CR）に指定されている。