Shock-headed capuchin

Shock-headed capuchin
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cebidae
Genus:	Cebus
Species:	C. cuscinus
Binomial name
	Cebus cuscinus; (Thomas, 1901)

The shock-headed capuchin (Cebus cuscinus) is a species of gracile capuchin monkey from Bolivia and Peru. It was previously classified as a subspecies of the Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (C. albifrons), but in 2013 Mittermeier and Rylands elevated it to a separate species, following genetic studies by Boubli et al in 2012 and Lynch Alfaro et al in 2010.[1][2][3][4]

The shock-headed capuchin lives in lowland and seasonally inundated forests of the upper Amazon Basin, as well as montane forests of the western Andes Mountains up to elevations of 1,800 m (5,900 ft).[2] Males have a head and body length of about 40 cm (16 in) with a tail length of about 44 cm (17 in).[2] Females have a head and body length between 39 and 46 cm (15 and 18 in) with a tail length between 39 and 47.5 cm (15.4 and 18.7 in).[2]

References

de la Torre, S.; Morales, A. L.; Link, A.; Palacios, E.; Stevenson (2015). "Cebus cuscinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
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. 407–408. ISBN 978-8496553897.
Phillips, Kimberly A. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 285–286. ISBN 9781940496061.
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: 1–13. doi:10.1002/ajp.21998. PMID 22311697. Retrieved 2018-12-30.

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[iucn-1] Torre, S.; Morales, A. L.; Link, A.; Palacios, E.; Stevenson (2015). "Cebus cuscinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[handbook-2] 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. 407–408. ISBN 978-8496553897.

[all-3] Phillips, Kimberly A. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 285–286. ISBN 9781940496061.

[boubli-4] 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: 1–13. doi:10.1002/ajp.21998. PMID 22311697. Retrieved 2018-12-30.