The chestnut capuchin or chestnut weeper capuchin (Cebus castaneus) is a species of capuchin monkey from northeastern Brazil, southern Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.[2]

Chestnut capuchin
In French Guiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Cebus
Species:
C. castaneus
Binomial name
Cebus castaneus

Taxonomy

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It was described in 1851 as a subspecies of the wedge-capped capuchin (C. olivaceus). However, a 2012 study found grounds to at least tentatively recognize it as a distinct species.[3] The American Society of Mammalogists, IUCN Red List, and ITIS all follow this classification.[2][4]

Distribution

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It is found in northeastern Brazil, southern Guyana, and most of Suriname and French Guiana. It inhabits the uplands of the Guiana Shield north of the Amazon River, east of the Rio Negro, limited on both sides by the Branco River, and from here ranges north, east of the Orinoco and Ventuari rivers, to Guyana. Its range still remains poorly known.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mittermeier, R.A.; Boubli, J.P.; Lynch Alfaro, J.W. & Laroque, P.O. (2021). "Cebus castaneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T43941A191707135. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T43941A191707135.en. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Cebus olivaceus Schomburgk, 1848". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  3. ^ Boubli, Jean P.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Farias, Izeni P.; Alfaro, Michael E.; Alfaro, Jessica Lynch (2012). "Cebus Phylogenetic Relationships: A Preliminary Reassessment of the Diversity of the Untufted Capuchin Monkeys". American Journal of Primatology. 74 (4): 381–393. doi:10.1002/ajp.21998. ISSN 1098-2345. PMID 22311697. S2CID 12171529.
  4. ^ Boubli, J.P.; Urbani, B.; Lynch Alfaro, J.W. & Laroque, P.O. (2021) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Cebus olivaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T81384371A191708662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T81384371A191708662.en. Retrieved 4 September 2022.