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Sapajus apella (brown capuchin; Tufted Capuchin; Black-capped Capuchin)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The large-headed capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus) is a species of robust capuchin monkey from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It is regarded by some authorities as a tufted capuchin subspecies, Sapajus apella macrocephalus.
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Infraspecies

Sapajus apella apella (Guianan Brown Capuchin)
Sapajus apella macrocephalus
Sapajus apella margaritae (Margarita Island Capuchin)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
20
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.93
EDGE Score: 2.07
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.827 lbs (2.643 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  240 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  10 %
Diet - Plants [2]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  20 %
Diet - Vertibrates [2]  10 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  4 years 8 months
Gestation [1]  5 months 8 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  46 years
Snout to Vent Length [4]  19 inches (49 cm)
Weaning [1]  10 months 7 days
Habitat Substrate [3]  Arboreal

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Cerrado Brazil No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Predators

Harpia harpyja (Harpy Eagle)[7]
Panthera onca (Jaguar)[7]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dipetalonema gracile[10]
Filariopsis barretoi <Unverified Name>[10]
Molineus torulosus <Unverified Name>[10]
Trichostrongylus cesticillus <Unverified Name>[10]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 5Foods and Feeding Behavior of Wild Black-capped Capuchin (Cebus apella), KOSEI IZAWA, PRIMATES, 20(1): 57-76, January 1979
♦ 6SEED PREDATION OF COURATARI GUIANENSIS (LECYTHIDACEAE) BY MACAWS IN CENTRAL AMAZONIA, BRAZIL, Torbjørn Haugaasen, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 19: 321–328, 2008
♦ 7Animals of the Rainforest
♦ 8Diet of the Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani) in a Semideciduous Forest in Southeastern Brazil, Mauro Galetti, BIOTROPICA 25(4): 419-425 1993
♦ 9"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
♦ 10Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0