Ecuadorian capuchin

Ecuadorian capuchin
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Cebus
Species: Cebus albifrons
Subspecies: C. a. aequatorialis
Trinomial name
Cebus albifrons aequatorialis
J. A. Allen, 1914

The Ecuadorian capuchin (Cebus albifrons aequatorialis) is a capuchin monkey of the genus Cebidae. It is a subspecies of the white-fronted capuchin.[1] It lives in tropical forests in Ecuador and Peru. It is listed as critically endangered.[2]

References

  1. "White-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons)". ARKive. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  2. F. Cornejo & S. de la Torre (2008). "Cebus albifrons ssp. aequatorialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 23, 2010.