Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs Mesquite

Cebus castaneus compared with Prosopis pallida

Key Differences

• Chestnut Weeper Capuchin is Least Concern while Mesquite is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Mesquite
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cebidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Cebus	Prosopis
Species	Cebus castaneus	Prosopis pallida

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

Mesquite

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mesquite

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Timor-Leste), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Kiribati), and South America (Bolivia, 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.