Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs cow-itch

Cebus castaneus compared with Mucuna pruriens

Key Differences

• Chestnut Weeper Capuchin is Least Concern while cow-itch is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	cow-itch
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	Cebus	Mucuna
Species	Cebus castaneus	Mucuna pruriens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

cow-itch

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	cow-itch
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cow-itch

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

The Chestnut Weeper Capuchin (Cebus castaneus) is a species in the genus Cebus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.