Black-capped Squirrel Monkey vs Greater dodder

Saimiri boliviensis compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Squirrel Monkey	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Cebidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Saimiri	Cuscuta
Species	Saimiri boliviensis	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Black-capped Squirrel Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Squirrel Monkey	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Squirrel Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

Black-capped Squirrel Monkey

The Black-capped Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) is a species in the genus Saimiri. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.