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Sapajus

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Taxonomy
Simia (Sapajus) was named by Kerr (1792). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cebus by Allen (1895); it was reranked as Sapajus by Burgin et al. (2018).

It was assigned to Cebidae by Burgin et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Simia (Sapajus) Kerr
2018Sapajus 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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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)

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.

G. Sapajus Kerr 1792
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Sapajus apella Linnaeus 1758 [tufted capuchin]
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Cebus apella margaritae Hollister 1914
Sapajus cay Illiger 1815
Sapajus flavius Schreber 1774
Sapajus libidinosus von Spix 1823
Sapajus nigritus Goldfuss 1809
Sapajus robustus Kuhl 1820
Sapajus xanthosternos Wied-Neuwied 1826
Invalid names: Simia (Sapajus) capucinus albulus Kerr 1792 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available