Large-headed capuchin [1] | |
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Adult | |
Juvenile | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cebidae |
Genus: | Sapajus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | S. a. macrocephalus
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Trinomial name | |
Sapajus apella macrocephalus (
Spix, 1823)
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Synonyms | |
Sapajus macrocephalus |
The large-headed capuchin (Sapajus apella macrocephalus) is a subspecies of the tufted capuchin monkey from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. [2] It was formerly thought to be its own species (S. macrocephalus), but studies have found it to be a subspecies of the tufted capuchin. [2] [3]
Large-headed capuchin [1] | |
---|---|
Adult | |
Juvenile | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cebidae |
Genus: | Sapajus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | S. a. macrocephalus
|
Trinomial name | |
Sapajus apella macrocephalus (
Spix, 1823)
| |
Synonyms | |
Sapajus macrocephalus |
The large-headed capuchin (Sapajus apella macrocephalus) is a subspecies of the tufted capuchin monkey from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. [2] It was formerly thought to be its own species (S. macrocephalus), but studies have found it to be a subspecies of the tufted capuchin. [2] [3]