Black-capped Squirrel Monkey vs tropical flat sedge

Saimiri boliviensis compared with Cyperus surinamensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Squirrel Monkey	tropical flat sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cebidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Saimiri	Cyperus
Species	Saimiri boliviensis	Cyperus surinamensis

Conservation Status

Black-capped Squirrel Monkey

LC — Least Concern

tropical flat sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Squirrel Monkey	tropical flat sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Squirrel Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

tropical flat sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, India, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.