Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs Prickly Heath

Cebus castaneus compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Cebidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Cebus	Gaultheria
Species	Cebus castaneus	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.