Weeper capuchin

The weeper capuchin (Cebus olivaceus) is a capuchin monkey from South America. It is found in northern Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela and possibly northern Colombia.^[1]

Diet

The weeper capuchin feeds on fruit, insects, larvae, as well as eggs, small birds, lizards, frogs and small mammals like bats and marmosets.

^ ^a ^b Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 138. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100281.
^ Rylands, A. B., Boubli, J.-P. & Mittermeier R. A. (2008). Cebus olivaceus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2008-10-11. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern

Extant species of family Cebidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Primates · Suborder: Haplorrhini

Cebus (Capuchin monkeys)	Black-striped Capuchin (C. libidinosus) · Black Capuchin (C. nigritus) · Golden-bellied Capuchin (C. xanthosternos) · Kaapori Capuchin (C. kaapori) · Tufted Capuchin (C. apella) · White-headed Capuchin (C. capucinus) · White-fronted Capuchin (C. albifrons) · Weeper Capuchin (C. olivaceus) · Blond Capuchin (C. flavius)

Saimiri (Squirrel monkeys)	Bare-eared Squirrel Monkey (S. ustus) · Black Squirrel Monkey (S. vanzolini) · Black-capped Squirrel Monkey (S. boliviensis) · Central American Squirrel Monkey (S. oerstedi) · Common Squirrel Monkey (S. sciureus)

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