Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs false broom

Cebus castaneus compared with Brachypodium sylvaticum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chestnut Weeper Capuchin false broom
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Primates (Primates) Poales (Grasses)
Family Cebidae Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus Cebus Brachypodium
Species Cebus castaneus Brachypodium sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

false broom

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chestnut Weeper Capuchin false broom
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Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

false broom

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Sri Lanka, Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil).

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.

false broom

No description available.

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