Central American Squirrel Monkey vs five-leaf crotalaria

Saimiri oerstedii compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

• Central American Squirrel Monkey is Endangered while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central American Squirrel Monkey	five-leaf crotalaria
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	Crotalaria
Species	Saimiri oerstedii	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Central American Squirrel Monkey

EN — Endangered

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central American Squirrel Monkey	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Central American Squirrel Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

Central American Squirrel Monkey

The Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) is a species in the genus Saimiri. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.