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Robust Capuchins
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Robust Capuchins

Sapajus

Robust capuchin monkeys are capuchin monkeys in the genus Sapajus. Formerly, all capuchin monkeys were placed in the genus Cebus. Sapajus was erected in 2012 by Jessica Lynch Alfaro et al. to differentiate the robust (tufted) capuchin monkeys (formerly the C. apella group) from the gracile capuchin monkeys (formerly the C. capucinus group), which remain in Cebus.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Black capuchin

speciesSapajus nigritus

Brown Capuchin

speciesSapajus apella

Hooded Capuchin

speciesSapajus cay

Black-striped Capuchin

speciesSapajus libidinosus

Crested Capuchin

speciesSapajus robustus

Blonde Capuchin

speciesSapajus flavius

Buff-headed Capuchin

speciesSapajus xanthosternos

Sapajus libidinosus × nigritus

hybridSapajus libidinosus × nigritus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 343175.