Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs pignut

Cebus castaneus compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cebidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Cebus	Mesosphaerum
Species	Cebus castaneus	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

pignut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.

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.