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Cebus (capuchin monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Cebus Erxleben
1880Cebus Gervais and Ameghino p. 6
1974Cebus Hershkovitz
2005Cebus Wilson and Reeder
2006Cebus Opazo et al. p. 277
2006Cebus Salles et al. p. 8

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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
subfamilyCebinae
genusCebusErxleben 1777

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. Cebus Erxleben 1777 [capuchin monkey]
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Cebus albifrons Humboldt 1811 [white-fronted capuchin]
Cebus annellatus Gray 1865
Cebus brunneus Allen 1914 [Brown weeper capuchin]
Cebus capillatus Gray 1865
Cebus capucinus Linnaeus 1758 [capuchin monkey]
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Invalid names: Cebus hypoleucus Geoffroy 1812 [synonym]
Cebus cesarae Hershkovitz 1949 [Río Cesar White-fronted Capuchin]
Cebus cuscinus Thomas 1901
Cebus imitator Thomas 1903 [Panamanian white faced capuchin]
Cebus kaapori Queiroz 1992
Cebus leucocephalus Gray 1865 [Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin]
Cebus leucogenys Gray 1865
Cebus malitiosus Elliot 1907
Cebus nigrivittatus Wagner 1848
Cebus olivaceus Schomburgk 1848
Cebus unicolor Spix 1823 [Spix's white-fronted capuchin]
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Invalid names: Cebus flavescens Gray 1865 [synonym]
Cebus versicolor Pucheran 1845 [varied capuchin]
Cebus yuracus Hershkovitz 1949 [Maranon white fronted capuchin]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available