Venezuela capuchin monkey
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Venezuela capuchin monkey in a park in Caracas |
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The Venezuela capuchin monkey ( Cebus brunneus , syn .: C. olivaceus brunneus, C. albifrons trinitatis ) is a species of primate from the family of capuchins that live in northern Venezuela in the coastal region along the Cordillera de la Costa , in the western Llanos east of the Sierra de Perija and Trinidad occurs.
features
The Venezuela capuchin monkey reaches a head-trunk length of about 42 cm and a tail length of about 44 cm. Its brownish fur is thicker and longer than that of other capuchin monkeys. The back hair has a dark base, then it first turns auburn, then black and ends in a fawn-brown tip. A dark stripe runs down the middle of the back. The face and the sides of the head are light yellow-gray. A narrow line runs from the dark head cap to the point between the eyes. The chin and the lower part of the cheeks are whitish. Throat, chest and stomach are light. The upper arms are yellowish, the hair on the outer sides of the arms blackish with yellow tips. Hands and feet are blackish.
Way of life
Venezuela capuchin monkeys live in coastal dry forests, in moist mountain rainforests and in the western Llanos in gallery forests . Their diet, reproduction and other behaviors have not yet been researched in detail.
Danger
The IUCN lists the Venezuela capuchin monkey as safe because of its frequency (Least Concern). The population on Trinidad, originally assigned to the white-fronted capuchin ( Cebus albifrons ) as the subspecies Cebus albifrons trinitatis , is regarded by the IUCN as critically endangered. It only occurs with around 60 sexually mature animals in two areas (Bush Bush Wildlife Sanctuary and the immediate vicinity in the southwest of the Nariva swamps and in the Trinity Hills), but cannot be distinguished genetically from the Venezuela capuchin monkey and may have been human introduced.
literature
- Anthony B. Rylands, Russell A. Mittermeier, Bruna M. Bezerra, Fernanda P. Paim & Helder L. Queiroz: Family Cebidae (Squirrel Monkeys and Capuchins). Pages 407 to 408 in Russell A. Mittermeier , Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson : Handbook of the Mammals of the World: - Volume 3. Primates. Lynx Editions, 2013 ISBN 978-8496553897
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cebus albifrons ssp. trinitatis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: Morales-Jiménez, AL, Palacios, E. & Rylands, AB, 2008. Accessed June 26, 2015.
Web links
- Cebus brunneus in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: Rylands, AB, Boubli, J.-P. & Mittermeier, RA, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2015.