Tufted capuchin

This species lives in the northern Amazon rainforest of the Guyanas, Venezuela and Brazil and to the west of the Rio Negro, as far north as the Orinoco in Venezuela.

It is also found in eastern Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, including the upper Andean Magdalena valley in Colombia.

The tufted capuchin is omnivorous, mostly feeding on fruits and invertebrates, although it sometimes feeds on small vertebrates (e.g. lizards and bird chicks) and other plant parts.

The tufted capuchin is a diurnal, arboreal primate species, but it often forages on the ground and walks longer distances between trees that are too far apart to jump.

The tufted capuchin (Sapajus apella)

is a New World primate from South America and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Margarita

It can be found in a large variety of forest types, mainly in tropical rainforests (up till a height of 2700 m), but also in more open forests.

This species lives in the northern Amazon rainforest of the Guyanas, Venezuela and Brazil and to the west of the Rio Negro, as far north as the Orinoco in Venezuela.

CITES Appendix II

captive C. apella may live to 45 years old.

has been extensively hunted for meat.

These animals are also popular pets in many parts of the world.

inhabits moist subtropical or tropical forests, but has also been seen in dry forest, gallery forest, disturbed and secondary forest.