Burnished Saki vs Dwarf eelgrass

Pithecia inusta compared with Zostera japonica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Burnished Saki	Dwarf eelgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Pitheciidae	Zosteraceae
Genus	Pithecia	Zostera
Species	Pithecia inusta	Zostera japonica

Conservation Status

Burnished Saki

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf eelgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Burnished Saki	Dwarf eelgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Burnished Saki

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dwarf eelgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Laos, Norway, Taiwan, and United States.

Burnished Saki

The Burnished Saki (Pithecia inusta) is a species in the genus Pithecia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.