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Cebidae

20 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Primates › Cebidae

Cebus olivaceus Schomburgk, 1848

Cebus olivaceus, the wedge-capped capuchin, is a South American monkey with characteristic head fur, sexual dimorphism, and observed food washing behavior.

Cebus capucinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Colombian white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus) is a small New World monkey found in northwestern South America.

Cebus yuracus Hershkovitz, 1949

Cebus yuracus, the Marañón white-fronted capuchin, is a gracile capuchin monkey species from the upper Amazon Basin.

Cebus versicolor Pucheran, 1845

Cebus versicolor, the varied white-fronted capuchin, is a gracile capuchin monkey species from northern Colombia.

Cebus unicolor Spix, 1823

Spix's white-fronted capuchin (Cebus unicolor) is a gracile capuchin monkey found in parts of the upper Amazon Basin.

Cebus malitiosus Elliot, 1909

Cebus malitiosus, the Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin, is a gracile capuchin monkey restricted to forests in northern Colombia.

Cebus imitator Thomas, 1903

Cebus imitator, the Panamanian white-faced capuchin, is an intelligent Central American monkey known for tool use and appearance.

Cebus aequatorialis J.A.Allen, 1914

The critically endangered Ecuadorian capuchin is a gracile capuchin monkey native to western Ecuador and northwestern Peru, threatened by habitat loss.

Sapajus nigritus (Goldfuss, 1809)

Sapajus nigritus, the black capuchin, is an arboreal Atlantic Forest capuchin monkey with distinct mating behavior.

Sapajus apella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sapajus apella, the tufted capuchin, is a New World primate noted for its advanced tool use and complex social behavior.

Sapajus flavius (Schreber, 1799)

Sapajus flavius, the blond capuchin, is a small neotropical monkey found in northeastern Brazil with observed tool use and anointing behaviour.

Sapajus robustus (Kuhl, 1820)

Sapajus robustus, the crested capuchin, is a primate native to restricted Atlantic forest regions of eastern Brazil.

Sapajus libidinosus (Spix, 1823)

This is a profile of black-striped capuchins, also called bearded capuchins, covering their physical traits, distribution and reproduction.

Sapajus cay (Illiger, 1815)

Sapajus cay, or Azara's capuchin, is a small tufted capuchin monkey found across parts of central South America.

Saimiri oerstedii (Reinhardt, 1872)

Saimiri oerstedii, the Central American squirrel monkey, is a small primate native to Pacific coastal forests of Costa Rica and Panama.

Saimiri boliviensis (I.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & de Blainville, 1834)

The black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) is a sexually dimorphic neotropical arboreal primate with distinct facial markings.

Saimiri ustus (I.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1843)

Saimiri ustus, the bare-eared squirrel monkey, is a squirrel monkey endemic to Brazil and possibly eastern Bolivia.

Saimiri sciureus (Linnaeus, 1758)

This is a detailed physical description of the Guianan squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus), covering size, weight and fur coloration.

Saimiri cassiquiarensis (Lesson, 1840)

Humboldt's squirrel monkey is a South American squirrel monkey species, elevated from subspecies in 2009, with fruit and insect diet.

Saimiri collinsi Osgood, 1916

Collins' squirrel monkey is a Brazil-endemic species of squirrel monkey with distinct size differences between sexes.

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