Large-headed Capuchin

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Large-headed Capuchin[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalis
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Cebus
Species: C. apella
Subspecies: C. a. macrocephalus
Trinomial name
Cebus apella macrocephalus
(Spix, 1823)

The Large-headed Capuchin (Cebus apella macrocephalus) is a subspecies of the Tufted Capuchin from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Heymann, E.W., Tarifa, T. & Brazil Threatened Species Workshop participants (2003). Cebus macrocephalus. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2007. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.

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