Central American Squirrel Monkey vs Pencil flower

Saimiri oerstedii compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Central American Squirrel Monkey is Endangered while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central American Squirrel Monkey	Pencil flower
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	Stylosanthes
Species	Saimiri oerstedii	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Central American Squirrel Monkey

EN — Endangered

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central American Squirrel Monkey	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Central American Squirrel Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.