Weeper Capuchin

Cebus olivaceus

SUBFAMILY

Cebinae

TAXONOMY

Cebus olivaceus Schomburgk, 1848, southern base of Mt. Roraima, 3,050 ft (930 m), Bolivar, Venezuela. Five subspecies.

OTHER COMMON NAMES

English: Wedge-capped capuchin.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Fur is tawny brown on body, with lighter shoulders and upper arms; brownish yellow head with black wedge on cap. Head and body length is 14.7–18.1 in (37.4–46 cm). Tail length is 15.7–21.8 in (40–55.4 cm). Weight is 5.3–6.6 lb (2.4–3 kg).

DISTRIBUTION

Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

HABITAT

Evergreen rainforest, lowland forest, cloud forest, dry forest, and submontane forest up to 6,500 ft (2,000 m).

BEHAVIOR

Diurnal and arboreal. Multimale-multifemale groups of 8–50. One male is dominant to all group members and is the breeding male. Dominant display by branch shaking, jumping up and down and bouncing. Males emigrate from natal group as young as two years of age.

FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET

Fruits, seeds, and animal prey including snails and social insects. Feed on the ground and in the canopy.

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

Polygamous, but only one breeding male at any time. Females reach sexual maturity at 5–6 years. Gestation is 5–6 months. Birth season is May–August. Births are single.

CONSERZVATION STATUS

Widespread and uncommon to locally common. Main pressures on populations include habitat degradation, deforestation, hunting for food, and collection for research. Listed in Appendix 2 of CITES.

SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS

Hunted for meat in parts of their range. Some exported annually from Guyana for research market.

Weeper Capuchin[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cebidae Genus: Cebus Species: C. olivaceus
Binomial name
Cebus olivaceus Schomburgk, 1848

The Weeper Capuchin (Cebus olivaceus) is a capuchin monkey from South America. It is found in northern Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela and possibly northern Colombia.^[1]

Diet

The Weeper Capuchin feeds on fruit, insects, larvae, as well as eggs, small birds, lizards, frogs and small mammals like bats and marmosets.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M.. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 138. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100281. 
2. ^ Rylands, A. B., Boubli, J.-P. & Mittermeier R. A. (2008). Cebus olivaceus. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 2008-10-11. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern

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v • d • e Extant species of family Cebidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Primates · Suborder: Haplorrhini Cebinae Cebus (Capuchin monkeys) Black-striped Capuchin (C. libidinosus) · Black Capuchin (C. nigritus) · Golden-bellied Capuchin (C. xanthosternos) · Kaapori Capuchin (C. kaapori) · Tufted Capuchin (C. apella) · White-headed Capuchin (C. capucinus) · White-fronted Capuchin (C. albifrons) · Weeper Capuchin (C. olivaceus) · Blond Capuchin (C. flavius) Saimiriinae Saimiri (Squirrel monkeys) Bare-eared Squirrel Monkey (S. ustus) · Black Squirrel Monkey (S. vanzolini) · Black-capped Squirrel Monkey (S. boliviensis) · Central American Squirrel Monkey (S. oerstedi) · Common Squirrel Monkey (S. sciureus) Category

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