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Gracile capuchins lack certain adaptations for opening hard nuts which robust capuchins have. [1] These include differences in the teeth and jaws, and the lack of a sagittal crest. [1] Exterior differences include the fact that, although some females have tufts on their head (Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin and Guianan weeper capuchin), no ...
Subfamily Cebinae (capuchin monkeys) Genus Cebus (gracile capuchin monkeys) Colombian white-faced capuchin or Colombian white-headed capuchin, Cebus capucinus; Panamanian white-faced capuchin or Panamanian white-headed capuchin, Cebus imitator; Marañón white-fronted capuchin, Cebus yuracus; Shock-headed capuchin, Cebus cuscinus
White-fronted capuchin can refer to any of a number of species of gracile capuchin monkey which used to be considered as the single species Cebus albifrons. White-fronted capuchins are found in seven different countries in South America : Bolivia , Brazil , Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador , Peru , and Trinidad and Tobago .
The capuchin monkeys (/ ˈ k æ p j ʊ (t) ʃ ɪ n /) are New World monkeys of the subfamily Cebinae. They are readily identified as the "organ grinder" monkey, and have been used in many movies and television shows. The range of capuchin monkeys includes some tropical forests in Central America and South America as far south as northern Argentina.
[10] [14] Both the Humboldt's squirrel monkey and the Ecuadorian squirrel monkey live within the range of Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin. [15] Predators include the black-and-white hawk-eagle, the ornate hawk-eagle, the tayra and the harpy eagle. [9] Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin has a maximum lifespan of about 44 years.
Spix's white-fronted capuchin (Cebus unicolor) is a species of gracile capuchin monkey. It had previously been classified as a subspecies of the Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin ( C. albifrons ). Following genetic studies by Boubli, et al , Mittermeier and Ryland elevated it to a full species.
The Ecuadorian capuchin (Cebus aequatorialis), or Ecuadorian white-fronted capuchin is a species of gracile capuchin monkey of the family Cebidae. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the white-fronted capuchin (C. albifrons). [2] Mittermeier and Rylands elevated it to a separate species in 2013.
White-faced capuchin, or white headed capuchin, can refer to either of two species of gracile capuchin monkey: [1] Cebus imitator , the Panamanian white-faced capuchin , also known as the Panamanian white-headed capuchin or Central American white-faced capuchin