Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin vs tropical flat sedge

Leontocebus fuscus compared with Cyperus surinamensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin	tropical flat sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Callitrichidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Leontocebus	Cyperus
Species	Leontocebus fuscus	Cyperus surinamensis

Conservation Status

Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin

LC — Least Concern

tropical flat sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin	tropical flat sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

tropical flat sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, India, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).