Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs Mountain yam

Cebus castaneus compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Weeper Capuchin is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Cebidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Cebus	Dioscorea
Species	Cebus castaneus	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Mountain yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.