Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs Deptford Pink

Cebus castaneus compared with Dianthus armeria

Key Differences

• Chestnut Weeper Capuchin is Least Concern while Deptford Pink is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Deptford Pink
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cebidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Cebus	Dianthus
Species	Cebus castaneus	Dianthus armeria

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

Deptford Pink

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Deptford Pink
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Deptford Pink

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (5 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile, Colombia). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.