Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey vs slender thistle

Saimiri cassiquiarensis compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cebidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Saimiri	Carduus
Species	Saimiri cassiquiarensis	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey	slender thistle
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.

slender thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.