Kaapori capuchin

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Kaapori capuchin[1]
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Cebus
Species: C. kaapori
Binomial name
Cebus kaapori
Queiroz, 1992
Kaapori Capuchin range

The Kaapori capuchin (Cebus kaapori) is a capuchin monkey endemic to Brazil. This species is found in the Brazilian states of Pará and Maranhão. Formerly considered a subspecies of the weeper capuchin (Cebus olivaceus), it was recently elevated to species status.

References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 137. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. Kierulff, M. C. M. & de Oliveira, M. M. (2008). "Cebus kaapori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 19 January 2012. 


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