Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey vs Sieva bean

Saimiri cassiquiarensis compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey is Near Threatened while Sieva bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey	Sieva bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cebidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Saimiri	Phaseolus
Species	Saimiri cassiquiarensis	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey	Sieva bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Sieva bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia