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Colombian White-throated Capuchin
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Monkeys

Colombian White-throated Capuchin

Cebus capucinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

VU Vulnerable

Names

EnglishColombian White-throated Capuchin
DutchWitschouderkapucijnaap
SpanishMono carablanca
Chinese卷尾猴
Sranan Tongomonki (general name for the group)
Scientific nameCebus capucinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

The Colombian white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus), also known as the Colombian white-headed capuchin or Colombian white-throated capuchin, is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae. It is native to the extreme eastern portion of Panama and the extreme north-western portion of South America in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.

The Colombian white-faced capuchin was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is a member of the family Cebidae, the family of New World monkeys containing capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys. It is the type species for the genus Cebus, the genus that includes all the capuchin monkeys.

The white-faced capuchin is, with tufted capuchins, the most well-studied capuchin species.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderPrimates
FamilyCebidae
GenusCebus

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