Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs Downy Safflower

Cebus castaneus compared with Carthamus lanatus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Weeper Capuchin is Least Concern while Downy Safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Downy Safflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cebidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Cebus	Carthamus
Species	Cebus castaneus	Carthamus lanatus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Downy Safflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Downy Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

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.