Black Howler Monkey vs Junça Diforme

Alouatta pigra compared with Cyperus difformis

Key Differences

• Black Howler Monkey is Endangered while Junça Diforme is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Howler Monkey	Junça Diforme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (primatas)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Atelidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Alouatta	Cyperus
Species	Alouatta pigra	Cyperus difformis

Conservation Status

Black Howler Monkey

EN — Endangered

Junça Diforme

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Howler Monkey	Junça Diforme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Howler Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Junça Diforme

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (6 countries).

Black Howler Monkey

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