Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs lignum vitae

Cebus castaneus compared with Guaiacum officinale

Key Differences

• Chestnut Weeper Capuchin is Least Concern while lignum vitae is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	lignum vitae
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 officinale

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

lignum vitae

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	lignum vitae
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lignum vitae

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 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, India, and United States. Currently classified as Critically 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.