Chestnut Capuchin

Cebus castaneus

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae

The chestnut capuchin or chestnut weeper capuchin (Cebus castaneus) is a species of capuchin monkey from northeastern Brazil, southern Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Taxonomy It was described in 1851 as a subspecies of the wedge-capped capuchin (C. olivaceus).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil

Sources and credits

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Chestnut Capuchin

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