Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs Floating Heart

Cebus castaneus compared with Nymphoides peltata

Key Differences

• Chestnut Weeper Capuchin is Least Concern while Floating Heart is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Floating Heart
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cebidae	Menyanthaceae
Genus	Cebus	Nymphoides
Species	Cebus castaneus	Nymphoides peltata

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

Floating Heart

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Floating Heart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Heart

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as 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.