Cazuza's Saki vs Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Pithecia cazuzai compared with Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Key Differences

• Cazuza's Saki is Data Deficient while Linear Leaf Water Primrose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cazuza's Saki	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pitheciidae	Onagraceae
Genus	Pithecia	Ludwigia
Species	Pithecia cazuzai	Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Conservation Status

Cazuza's Saki

DD — Data Deficient

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cazuza's Saki	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cazuza's Saki

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Cazuza's Saki

The Cazuza's Saki (Pithecia cazuzai) is a species in the genus Pithecia. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.