Chestnut Weeper Capuchin vs Tape grass

Cebus castaneus compared with Vallisneria spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Tape grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Cebidae	Hydrocharitaceae
Genus	Cebus	Vallisneria
Species	Cebus castaneus	Vallisneria spiralis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

LC — Least Concern

Tape grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Weeper Capuchin	Tape grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Weeper Capuchin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tape grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, Mauritius, South Africa), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Jamaica, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.