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Cebus olivaceus

Cebus olivaceus (*)

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Haplorrhini
Infraordo: Simiiformes
Parvordo: Platyrrhini
Familia: Cebidae
Subfamilia: Cebinae
Genus: Cebus
Species: Cebus olivaceus

Name

Cebus olivaceus, Schomburgk, 1848

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Weeper Capuchin
Português: Macaco-prego-chorão

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The Weeper Capuchin (Cebus olivaceus) is a capuchin monkey from South America. It is found in northern Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela and possibly northern Colombia.[1]
Diet

The Weeper Capuchin feeds on fruit, insects, larvae, as well as eggs, small birds, lizards, frogs and small mammals like bats and marmosets.
References

1. ^ a b Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 138. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100281.
2. ^ Rylands, A. B., Boubli, J.-P. & Mittermeier R. A. (2008). Cebus olivaceus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2008-10-11. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern

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