Lang's Red Colobus vs Shellplant

Piliocolobus langi compared with Alpinia zerumbet

Key Differences

  • Lang's Red Colobus is Endangered while Shellplant is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Lang's Red Colobus Shellplant
Kingdom Animalia (สัตว์) Plantae (พืช)
Phylum Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Primates (อันดับวานร) Zingiberales (อันดับขิง)
Family Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys) Zingiberaceae
Genus Piliocolobus Alpinia
Species Piliocolobus langi Alpinia zerumbet

Conservation Status

Lang's Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Shellplant

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Lang's Red Colobus Shellplant
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lang's Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shellplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (Cuba, Nicaragua, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Lang's Red Colobus

No description available.

Shellplant

No description available.

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