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This species of capuchin monkey presents slight sexual dimorphism; the male being larger in body size. [8] The female weighs between 1.4–3.4 kg (3.1–7.5 lb), whereas the male can weigh between 1.3–4.8 kg (2.9–10.6 lb). [9] The average male individual averages a height of 0.8m from nose to tail, while the female is slightly shorter.
The black capuchin is a social animal that prefers to live in groups, usually consisting of 6 to 20 members. These groups are hierarchical and, while they tend to be made up of more females than males, the alpha female of the group is submissive to the alpha male.
The Capuchins in turn were named after the capuche, [3] [4] a name which Richard Viladesau states was a tribute to the Camaldolese monks who gave early refuge to Matteo da Bascio, founder of the Capuchin Franciscans in the 1520s. [5] An elongated hood worn by friars was originally denoted as a symbol of punishment or shame. [6]
The possibility of hybrids between humans and other apes has been entertained since at least the medieval period; Saint Peter Damian (11th century) claimed to have been told of the offspring of a human woman who had mated with a non-human ape, [3] and so did Antonio Zucchelli, an Italian Franciscan capuchin friar who was a missionary in Africa from 1698 to 1702, [4] and Sir Edward Coke in "The ...
The tufted capuchin lives in groups of two to twenty or more animals. A single group usually contains at least one adult male, but mixed groups with multiple males do also occur. In that case, one of the males is dominant. He accepts only a few monkeys in his direct surroundings, mainly younger animals and a few females.
Females mate with more than one male and each shares the responsibility of carrying the offspring. [8] They are the only primate group that regularly produces twins, which constitute over 80% of births in species that have been studied. Unlike other male primates, male callitrichids generally provide as much parental care as females.
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In the white-faced capuchin the alpha male fathers 70-90% of the offspring produced by females in his group. [17] It is hypothesized that females are mating with alpha males while they are ovulating and then mating with subordinate males after they are no longer conceptive. [ 17 ]