Ear tree vs Emperor Tamarin

Enterolobium cyclocarpum compared with Saguinus imperator

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ear tree	Emperor Tamarin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Fabaceae	Callitrichidae
Genus	Enterolobium	Saguinus
Species	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	Saguinus imperator

Conservation Status

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Emperor Tamarin

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ear tree	Emperor Tamarin
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).