Black Squirrel Monkey vs coral-bean

Saimiri vanzolinii compared with Erythrina fusca

Key Differences

• Black Squirrel Monkey is Endangered while coral-bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Squirrel Monkey	coral-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cebidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Saimiri	Erythrina
Species	Saimiri vanzolinii	Erythrina fusca

Conservation Status

Black Squirrel Monkey

EN — Endangered

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Squirrel Monkey	coral-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Squirrel Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

coral-bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Black Squirrel Monkey

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