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SPECIES Cebus apella

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 28.
Common Name:Tufted Capuchin
Type Locality:French Guiana.
Distribution:N and W South America, from Guyana, Venezuela (south from the Río Orinoco delta) and Colombia south across the Amazon in Brazil to about 5°S in the east and to the headwaters of the upper tributaries in the west, nearly to 10°S.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Critically Endangered as C. a. margaritae, otherwise Least Concern (including listing as C. macrocephalus).
Comments:C. apella species group. Mittermeier et al. (1988:13-75) suggested that C. xanthosternos is a distinct species; followed by Groves (2001c), who also separated C. libidinosus and C. nigritus as distinct species.
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SUBSPECIES apella

SUBSPECIES fatuellus

SUBSPECIES macrocephalus

SUBSPECIES margaritae

SUBSPECIES peruanus

SUBSPECIES tocantinus

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