Large-headed capuchin

Subspecies of New World monkey

Large-headed capuchin[1]
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Sapajus
Species:
S. apella
Subspecies:
S. a. macrocephalus
Trinomial name
Sapajus apella macrocephalus
(Spix, 1823)
Synonyms

Sapajus macrocephalus

The large-headed capuchin (Sapajus apella macrocephalus) is a subspecies of the tufted capuchin monkey from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.[2] It was formerly thought to be its own species (S. macrocephalus), but studies have found it to be a subspecies of the tufted capuchin.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Rylands, A.B.; Boubli, J.-P.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Stevenson, P.; Palacios, E.; de la Torre, S. (2015). "Sapajus macrocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42696A70613732. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T42696A70613732.en.
  3. ^ Lynch Alfaro, J.W.; Silva, J.S.; Rylands, A.B. (2012). "How Different Are Robust and Gracile Capuchin Monkeys? An Argument for the Use of Sapajus and Cebus". American Journal of Primatology. 74 (4): 1–14. doi:10.1002/ajp.22007. PMID 22328205. S2CID 18840598.
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Extant species of family Cebidae
Cebinae
Cebus
(Gracile capuchin monkeys)
  • Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (C. albifrons)
  • Brown weeper capuchin (C. brunneus)
  • Colombian white-faced capuchin (C. capucinus)
  • Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin, (C. cesare)
  • Shock-headed capuchin (C. cuscinus)
  • Ecuadorian capuchin (C. aequatorialis)
  • Panamanian white-faced capuchin (C. imitator)
  • Kaapori capuchin (C. kaapori)
  • Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin (C. leucocephalus)
  • Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin (C. malitiosus)
  • Wedge-capped capuchin (C. olivaceus)
  • Spix's white-fronted capuchin (C. unicolor)
  • Varied white-fronted capuchin (C. versicolor)
  • Marañón white-fronted capuchin (C. yuracus)
  • Chestnut capuchin (C. castaneus)
Sapajus
(Robust capuchin monkeys)
  • Tufted capuchin (S. apella)
  • Azaras's capuchin (S. cay)
  • Blond capuchin (S. flavius)
  • Black-striped capuchin (S. libidinosus)
  • Black capuchin (S. nigritus)
  • Crested capuchin (S. robustus)
  • Golden-bellied capuchin (S. xanthosternos)
Saimiriinae
Saimiri
(Squirrel monkeys)
  • Black-capped squirrel monkey (S. boliviensis)
  • Humboldt's squirrel monkey (S. cassiquiarensis)
  • Collins' squirrel monkey (S. collinsi)
  • Central American squirrel monkey (S. oerstedi)
  • Guianan squirrel monkey (S. sciureus)
  • Bare-eared squirrel monkey (S. ustus)
  • Black squirrel monkey (S. vanzolini)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Sapajus macrocephalus
Cebus macrocephalus
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