Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin vs Septicweed

Leontocebus illigeri compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin is Near Threatened while Septicweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin	Septicweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Callitrichidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Leontocebus	Senna
Species	Leontocebus illigeri	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

NT — Near Threatened

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin	Septicweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).