Cebus capillatus Gray 1865 (capuchin monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Full reference: J.E. Gray. 1865. Notices of some apparently undescribed species of Sapajous (Cebus) in the collection of the British museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society London 824-828

Belongs to Cebus according to J.E. Gray 1865

Sister taxa: Cebus aequatorialis, Cebus albifrons, Cebus annellatus, Cebus brunneus, Cebus capucinus, Cebus cesarae, Cebus cuscinus, Cebus imitator, Cebus kaapori, Cebus leucocephalus, Cebus leucogenys, Cebus malitiosus, Cebus nigrivittatus, Cebus olivaceus, Cebus subcristatus, Cebus unicolor, Cebus versicolor, Cebus yuracus

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cebus capillatus in the database

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