Macaco-de-cheiro vs castanha-do-Maranhão

Saimiri cassiquiarensis compared with Pachira aquatica

Key Differences

• Macaco-de-cheiro is Near Threatened while castanha-do-Maranhão is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Macaco-de-cheiro	castanha-do-Maranhão
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (primatas)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Cebidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Saimiri	Pachira
Species	Saimiri cassiquiarensis	Pachira aquatica

Conservation Status

Macaco-de-cheiro

NT — Near Threatened

castanha-do-Maranhão

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Macaco-de-cheiro	castanha-do-Maranhão
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Macaco-de-cheiro

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.

castanha-do-Maranhão

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (Dominican Republic), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia