Cebus malitiosus, Elliot, 1909
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6628559 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6628283 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/560F8786-B730-2841-0D02-F4443BECFBBC |
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Jonas |
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Cebus malitiosus |
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Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin
French: Sapajou des Santa Marta / German: Santa-Marta-Kapuzineraffe / Spanish: Capuchino de Santa Marta
Taxonomy. Cebus malitiosus Elliot, 1909 View in CoL ,
vicinity of Bonda, north-west corner of base of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.
This species is monotypic.
Distribution. N Colombia, known only from the NW base of Sierra de Santa Marta, but it may range throughout the lower W and N slopes of the Sierra Nevada. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-Body 45-7 cm, tail 43-3 cm. No specific data are available for body weight. The cap of the Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin is pale brown, and the back is cinnamon brown. Forearms and forelegs are not markedly contrasing in color with the back and sides of the body. Hairs on the belly and chest are ocherous tawny to cinnamon brown and silvery. There is a contrasting pale area of the front extending well over upper surfaces of the shoulders and inner sides of upper arms.
Habitat. [.owland, submontane, and montane forest.
Food and Feeding. There is no information available for this species.
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Activity patterns. There is no information available for this species.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix II. Classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List (as C. albifrons malitiosus ). The Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin occurs in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Tayrona national natural parks.
Bibliography. Defler (2003b, 2004), Hernandez-Camacho & Cooper (1976), Hershkovitz (1949).
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