The varied white-fronted capuchin (Cebus versicolor) is a gracile capuchin monkey from Colombia. It had been classified as a subspecies of the white-fronted capuchin until genetic analysis by Boubli in 2012 revealed it to be a separate species, though some authors regard the Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin as its subspecies. It lives in lowland moist forest and in palm swamps in the Río Magdalena Valley of northern Colombia. Its fur is reddish on the back, forearms and the front of the legs, contrasting with lighter fur overall, and it has a dark brown crown against light fur on the temples, forehead, chin, throat and the sides of the face and neck. Its head and body length is between 45 and 50.5 cm.
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is a species of gracile capuchin monkey from Colombia
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is a species of gracile capuchin monkey from Colombia
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lives in lowland moist forest and in palm swamps
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