cheken vs Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

Luma chequen compared with Leontocebus illigeri

Key Differences

• cheken is Least Concern while Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cheken	Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Myrtaceae	Callitrichidae
Genus	Luma	Leontocebus
Species	Luma chequen	Leontocebus illigeri

Conservation Status

cheken

LC — Least Concern

Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cheken	Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cheken

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cheken

The cheken (Luma chequen) is a species in the genus Luma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.