Cebus malitiosus Elliot 1907 (capuchin monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Full reference: D.G. Elliot. 1907. Description of apparently a new species and subspecies of Cebus with remarks on the nomenclature of Linnaeus's Simia apella and Simia capucina. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26

Belongs to Cebus according to J.P. Boubli et al. 2012

See also Elliot 1907

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

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-omnivore

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

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