Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs Holywood

Cebus castaneus compared with Guaiacum sanctum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Weeper Capuchin is Least Concern while Holywood is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Holywood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Cebidae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Cebus	Guaiacum
Species	Cebus castaneus	Guaiacum sanctum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

Holywood

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Holywood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Holywood

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.