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Sapajus apella (tufted capuchin)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Taxonomy
Simia apella was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cebus apella by Thomas (1911) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); it was recombined as Sapajus apella by Lynch Alfaro et al. (2012) and Burgin et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Simia apella Linnaeus p. 28
1792Simia (Sapajus) capucinus albulus Kerr
1895Cebus albulus Allen p. 186
1911Cebus apella Thomas p. 128
2005Cebus apella Wilson and Reeder
2012Sapajus apella Lynch Alfaro et al.
2018Sapajus apella Burgin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderPlatyrrhiniGeoffroy 1812
familyCebidae
genusSapajus(Kerr 1792)
speciesapella()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sapajus apella Linnaeus 1758 [tufted capuchin]
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Invalid names: Simia (Sapajus) capucinus albulus Kerr 1792 [synonym]
Cebus apella margaritae Hollister 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 1.98 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 1.92 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 2.17 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 2.02 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter16.50
humerus diameter16.30
radius diameter13.60
tibia diameter16.30

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:05:17
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Cebus apella (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Cebus apella (21687)