Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs Hispid starbur

Cebus castaneus compared with Acanthospermum hispidum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Weeper Capuchin is Least Concern while Hispid starbur is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Hispid starbur
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	Acanthospermum
Species	Cebus castaneus	Acanthospermum hispidum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

Hispid starbur

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Hispid starbur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hispid starbur

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (27 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.