Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs

Cebus castaneus compared with Physarum viride

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chestnut Weeper Capuchin
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Mycetozoa
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order Primates (Primates) Physarales (Physarales)
Family Cebidae Physaraceae
Genus Cebus Physarum
Species Cebus castaneus Physarum viride

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chestnut Weeper Capuchin
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Physarum viride is a vibrantly coloured myxomycete (slime mould) producing small, bright yellow-green sporangia on decaying organic matter including dead wood, leaves, and litter in forest habitats. Like all Physarum species, it spends part of its life as a multinucleate plasmodium that creeps across substrates to engulf food particles. This species is found in moist woodlands across temperate and tropical zones.

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