Buttonhead Pipewort vs Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin

Eriocaulon heterolepis compared with Leontocebus nigrifrons

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buttonhead Pipewort	Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Eriocaulaceae	Callitrichidae
Genus	Eriocaulon	Leontocebus
Species	Eriocaulon heterolepis	Leontocebus nigrifrons

Conservation Status

Buttonhead Pipewort

LC — Least Concern

Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buttonhead Pipewort	Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buttonhead Pipewort

Habitat

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

Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buttonhead Pipewort

The Buttonhead Pipewort (Eriocaulon heterolepis) is a species in the genus Eriocaulon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.