Shock-headed capuchin
The shock-headed capuchin (Cebus cuscinus) is a species of gracile capuchin monkey from Bolivia and Peru. It was previously classified as a subspecies of the Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (C. albifrons), but in 2013 Mittermeier and Rylands elevated it to a separate species, following genetic studies by Boubli et al in 2012 and Lynch Alfaro et al in 2010.[1][2][3][4]
Shock-headed capuchin | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cebidae |
Genus: | Cebus |
Species: | C. cuscinus |
Binomial name | |
Cebus cuscinus (Thomas, 1901) | |
The shock-headed capuchin lives in lowland and seasonally inundated forests of the upper Amazon Basin, as well as montane forests of the western Andes Mountains up to elevations of 1,800 m (5,900 ft).[2] Males have a head and body length of about 40 cm (16 in) with a tail length of about 44 cm (17 in).[2] Females have a head and body length between 39 and 46 cm (15 and 18 in) with a tail length between 39 and 47.5 cm (15.4 and 18.7 in).[2]
References
- de la Torre, S.; Morales, A. L.; Link, A.; Palacios, E.; Stevenson (2015). "Cebus cuscinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B. (2013). Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Wilson, Don E. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3, Primates. Lynx. pp. 407–408. ISBN 978-8496553897.
- Phillips, Kimberly A. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 285–286. ISBN 9781940496061.
- Boubli, Jean P.; et al. (2012). "Cebus Phylogenetic Relationships: A Preliminary Reassessment of the Diversity of the Untufted Capuchin Monkeys" (PDF). American Journal of Primatology. 74: 1–13. doi:10.1002/ajp.21998. PMID 22311697. Retrieved 2018-12-30.