Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin vs Salento Iris

Cebus aequatorialis compared with Iris revoluta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin	Salento Iris
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Cebidae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Cebus	Iris
Species	Cebus aequatorialis	Iris revoluta

Evolutionary Relationship

Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin and Salento Iris share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin

CR — Critically Endangered

Salento Iris

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin	Salento Iris
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Salento Iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.