Black-capped Squirrel Monkey vs Vegetable fern

Saimiri boliviensis compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Squirrel Monkey	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cebidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Saimiri	Diplazium
Species	Saimiri boliviensis	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Squirrel Monkey

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Squirrel Monkey	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Squirrel Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and 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.