Brown weeper capuchin

The Brown weeper capuchin (Cebus brunneus) or Venezuelan brown capuchin is a species of gracile capuchin monkey from Venezuela.

Brown weeper capuchin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Cebus
Species:
C. brunneus
Binomial name
Cebus brunneus
(Allen, 1914)
Synonyms

Cebus trinitatis (von Pusch, 1941)

Taxonomy

It had previously been considered to be synonymous with the Guianan weeper capuchin (C. olivaceus) but genetic analysis by Jean Boubli revealed it to be a separate species.[2][3][4] Following Boubli, Mittermeier and Rylands recognized the Trinidad white-fronted capuchin to be synonymous with the brown weeper capuchin, but other authors such as the IUCN regard that as a separate species C. trinitatis.[5][4]

Description

The brown weeper capuchin has brown, thick fur with a dark wedge on the forehead and lighter face, cheeks and chin.[4] Its head and body are about 42 centimetres (17 in) with a 44 cm (17 in) tail.[4]

Distribution and habitat

It lives in various types of forest in the Cordillera de la Costa in northern Venezuela, in dry semi-deciduous forests and gallery forests in the Western Venezuelan Llanos, as well as in Trinidad (under the assumption that the Trinidad white-fronted capuchin is synonymous).[4]

Tool use

Trinidad white-fronted capuchins have been observed using leaves as cups to drink water from tree cavities. The leaves used were modified before by changing the shape of the leaf. The leaves are discarded after one use, meaning that a different leaf is used for repeat visits. These observations suggest that, like the common chimpanzee, wild capuchins demonstrate tool manufacture and use in foraging-related contexts.[6]

References
  1. Rylands, A.B.; Boubli, J.-P. & Mittermeier, R.A. (2008). "Cebus brunneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Miller, Lynne E. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. p. 283. ISBN 9781940496061.
  3. Boubli, Jean P.; et al. (2012). "Cebus Phylogenetic Relationships: A Preliminary Reassessment of the Diversity of the Untufted Capuchin Monkeys" (PDF). American Journal of Primatology. 74 (4): 1–13. doi:10.1002/ajp.21998. PMID 22311697. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  4. Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B. (2013). Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Wilson, Don E. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3, Primates. Lynx. pp. 410–411. ISBN 978-8496553897.
  5. Phillips, Kimberly A.; Jack, Katherine M. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 291–292. ISBN 9781940496061.
  6. Phillips, K. A. (1998). "Tool use in wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus albifrons trinitatis)". American Journal of Primatology. 46 (3): 259–261. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)46:3<259::AID-AJP6>3.0.CO;2-R. PMID 9802515.
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