Caipora bambuiorum Cartelle and Hartwig 1996 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae

Full reference: C. Cartelle and W. C. Hartwig. 1996. A new extinct primate among the Pleistocene megafauna of Bahia, Brazil. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 93:6405-6409

Belongs to Caipora according to C. Cartelle and W. C. Hartwig 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Toca da Boa Vista, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene cave horizon in Brazil

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Toca da Boa Vista

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