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The Panamanian white-faced capuchin is the most well-studied capuchin monkey species. [6] Even though many previous studies were performed using the scientific name C. capucinus, as of 2014 there had been no field studies of the Colombian white-faced capuchin, so all these studies were of the Panamanian white-faced capuchin. [6]
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; Spix's white-fronted capuchin, Cebus unicolor
The range of the black-headed spider monkey and Colombian white-faced capuchin within Panama are limited to the eastern portion of the country near the Colombian border. [9] [7] The Central American squirrel monkey only occurs within Panama in the extreme western portion of the country, near Costa Rica. [10]
Translation (partly): "White-faced capuchin, Cebus capucinus Erxl. 1/6 natural size. (zu page 659.)" Size: 3.6 x 4.1 in 2 (9.2 x 10.3 cm 2) Originator: Gustav Mützel (1839–1893). Source: Brehms Tierleben, Small Edition 1927. White-faced capuchin, or white headed capuchin, can refer to either of two species of gracile capuchin monkey: [1]
The tufted capuchin (Sapajus apella), also known as brown capuchin, black-capped capuchin, or pin monkey, is a New World primate from South America and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Margarita.
The white-faced capuchin, which has a range from Honduras to Ecuador, [14] is the second smallest Costa Rican monkey. Adult males average 3.7 kg (8.2 lb) and adult females average 2.7 kg (6.0 lb). [9] The mantled howler, with a range from Mexico to Ecuador, [15] is the second largest monkey species in
The capuchin monkey feeds on a vast range of food types, and is more varied than other monkeys in the family Cebidae. They are omnivores , and consume a variety of plant parts such as leaves, flower and fruit, seeds, pith, woody tissue, sugarcane, bulb, and exudates, as well as arthropods , molluscs , a variety of vertebrates , and even ...
The Central American squirrel monkey and Panamanian night monkey are almost as small, with average sizes of less than 1.0 kilogram (2.2 lb). [13] [14] The Yucatán black howler has the largest males, which average over 11 kilograms (24 lb). [15] The spider monkey species have the next largest males, which average over 8 kilograms (18 lb). [15] [16]