Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs Rootless Duckweed

Cebus castaneus compared with Wolffia arrhiza

Key Differences

• Chestnut Weeper Capuchin is Least Concern while Rootless Duckweed is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Rootless Duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Cebidae	Araceae
Genus	Cebus	Wolffia
Species	Cebus castaneus	Wolffia arrhiza

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

Rootless Duckweed

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Rootless Duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rootless Duckweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.