CEBIDAE, Bonaparte, 1831

Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Cebidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 348-413 : 348

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6628559
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6628229
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scientific name	CEBIDAE
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Family CEBIDAE View in CoL (SQUIRREL MONKEYS AND CAPUCHINS)

• Small to medium-sized monkeys with hindlimbs longer than forelimbs, head oval in squirrel monkeys and rounded in capuchins, relatively large brain, large ears, and long tail that is semi-prehensile in capuchins.

• 60-110cm. View Figure

• Neotropical Region. View Figure

• Moist tropical and subtropical, lowland and sub-montane, and dry deciduous and semi-deciduous, forests, scrub and farmland-forest mosaics.

• 3 genera, 29 species, 30 taxa.

• 4 species Critically Endangered, 3 species Endangered, 2 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.