Brown Capuchin Cebus apella |
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Brazil
The first photo was taken in a forest remnant near Vila Bela de Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso, while the 2 Capuchins in the second photo were members of a troop of about 30 that were moving through the grounds of the Hotel Floresta Amazonica in Alta Floresta. The 3rd photo was taken at Carajás and shows a Capuchin holding a Brazil nut. It was moving from one tree to another crossing the track when it spotted me and dropped the nut. |
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They are fairly widespread from Colombia to northern Argentina and can live in several different types of forest
from deep tropical rain forest to semi-deciduous forest.
They are similarly catholic in their food eating fruit, seeds and insects as well as (apparently) Brazil nuts which I suspect they must pick up when already opened by an agouti or some other animal because I can't think that a Capuchin could open a Brazil nut unaided. They are the classic organ-grinder's monkey. |
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There is an illustration in Eisenberg, Plate 9 |
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