Crested capuchin

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Crested capuchin[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Subfamily: Cebinae
Genus: Sapajus
Species: S. robustus
Binomial name
Sapajus robustus
Kuhl, 1820
Crested capuchin range

Crested capuchin or robust tufted capuchin (Sapajus robustus) is a species of tufted capuchin. It's endemic from Brazil, and it occurs between Doce and Jequitinhonha rivers, in Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais and Bahia. Formerly, it was considered a subspecies of black capuchin, but according Silva Jr (2001), it's a separated species.[2][1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lynch Alfaro, J.W.; Silva, J.S. & Rylands, A.B. (2012). "How Different Are Robust and Gracile Capuchin Monkeys? An Argument for the Use of Sapajus and Cebus". American Journal of Primatology: 1–14. doi:10.1002/ajp.222007. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 dKierulff, M.C.M., Mendes, S.L. & Rylands, A.B. (2008). "Cebus robustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 June 2012. 
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