Cebus is a genus of New World monkeys, subfamily Cebinae, family Cebidae, known as gracile capuchin monkeys, comprising roughly 16 recognized species including the white-headed capuchin, white-fronted capuchin, wedge-capped capuchin and Kaapori capuchin. The genus was separated from the robust capuchins in 2011, retaining the name Cebus while the more heavily built species were moved to the genus Sapajus; gracile capuchins have longer limbs relative to body size and rounder skulls than their robust relatives, lack adaptations for cracking hard nuts, and no male in the genus develops head tufts. They range across Central America and northwestern South America, with the Panamanian white-headed capuchin reaching as far north as Honduras and other species found in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, the Guianas and Trinidad.
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Source Brown weeper capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Chestnut capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Colombian white-faced capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Ecuadorian capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Kaapori capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Marañón white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Panamanian white-faced capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Shock-headed capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Spix's white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Varied white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Source Wedge-capped capuchin (Wikipedia)
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Gracile capuchin monkeys have a wide range over Central America and north and north-west South America.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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Gracile capuchin monkeys have a wide range over Central America and north and north-west South America.
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ8447051, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Gracile capuchin monkey
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source 3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Cebus
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 15
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Cebus
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Cebus" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 11.63 ... "early_interval": "Tortonian"
Wikidata: Cebus
Wikidata Q8447051, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Colombian white-faced capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Colombian white-faced capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Colombian white-faced capuchin, Lead
The Colombian white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
Panamanian white-faced capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Panamanian white-faced capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Panamanian white-faced capuchin, Lead
The Panamanian white-faced capuchin (Cebus imitator)
Marañón white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Marañón white-fronted capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Marañón white-fronted capuchin, Lead
The Marañón white-fronted capuchin (Cebus yuracus)
Shock-headed capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Shock-headed capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Shock-headed capuchin, Lead
The shock-headed capuchin (Cebus cuscinus)
Spix's white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Spix's white-fronted capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Spix's white-fronted capuchin, Lead
Spix's white-fronted capuchin (Cebus unicolor)
Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin, Lead
Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons)
Wedge-capped capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Wedge-capped capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Wedge-capped capuchin, Lead
The wedge-capped capuchin or Guianan weeper capuchin (Cebus olivaceus)
Chestnut capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Chestnut capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Chestnut capuchin, Lead
The chestnut capuchin or chestnut weeper capuchin (Cebus castaneus)
Kaapori capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Kaapori capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Kaapori capuchin, Lead
The Kaapori capuchin (Cebus kaapori)
Brown weeper capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Brown weeper capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Brown weeper capuchin, Lead
The brown weeper capuchin (Cebus brunneus)
Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin, Lead
The Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin (Cebus leucocephalus)
Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin, Lead
The Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin (Cebus cesarae)
Varied white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Varied white-fronted capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Varied white-fronted capuchin, Lead
The varied white-fronted capuchin (Cebus versicolor)
Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin, Lead
The Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin (Cebus malitiosus)
Ecuadorian capuchin (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Ecuadorian capuchin, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Ecuadorian capuchin, Lead
The Ecuadorian capuchin (Cebus aequatorialis)
Cebidae (Wikipedia)
Child Taxon Of: Cebidae, ClassificationQuote, Child Taxon Of: Cebidae, Classification
Genus Cebus (gracile capuchin monkeys)
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