Aracá Uakari vs Fish-bone Cassia

Cacajao ayresi compared with Chamaecrista mimosoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Aracá Uakari Fish-bone Cassia
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Primates (Primates) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Pitheciidae Fabaceae
Genus Cacajao Chamaecrista
Species Cacajao ayresi Chamaecrista mimosoides

Conservation Status

Aracá Uakari

LC — Least Concern

Fish-bone Cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Aracá Uakari Fish-bone Cassia
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Aracá Uakari

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fish-bone Cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

Aracá Uakari

The Aracá Uakari (Cacajao ayresi) is a species in the genus Cacajao. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fish-bone Cassia

No description available.

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