fern-grass vs Lang's Red Colobus

Catapodium rigidum compared with Piliocolobus langi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank fern-grass Lang's Red Colobus
Kingdom Plantae (พืช) Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class Liliopsida (Monocots) Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order Poales (อันดับหญ้า) Primates (อันดับวานร)
Family Poaceae (Grass Family) Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus Catapodium Piliocolobus
Species Catapodium rigidum Piliocolobus langi

Conservation Status

fern-grass

EN — Endangered

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute fern-grass Lang's Red Colobus
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

fern-grass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Mexico), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fern-grass

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Lang's Red Colobus

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