Sapajus nigritus

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Black-horned Capuchin

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Platyrrhini
Family : Cebidae
Subfamily : Cebinae
Genus : Sapajus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Goldfuss, G.A. 1809. Vergleichende Naturbeschreibung der Säugethiere. Walthersche Kunst- und Buchhandlung, Erlangen, 314 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497908

Original name as described

Cercopithecus nigritus

Other common names

Black Capuchin · Crested Black Capuchin · Horned Capuchin

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Serra dos Orgãos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

moved from Cebus to Sapajus, although this arrangement is relatively tentative, as a number of sources still consider Sapajus as a subgenus of Cebus; previously included S. robustus

Taxonomy notes citation

Silva Jr., J. de S. 2001. Especiação nos macacos-prego e caiararas, gênero Cebus Erxleben, 1777 (Primates, Cebidae). Doctoral Thesis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · Lynch Alfaro, J.W., Silva, J.S. and Rylands, A.B. 2012. How different are robust and gracile Capuchin Monkeys? An argument for the use of Sapajus and Cebus. American Journal of Primatology 74(4): 273–286. · Lima, M.G.M., Silva-Júnior, J.S., Černýc, D., Buckner, J.C., Aleixo, A., Chang, J., Zheng, J., Alfaro, M.E., Martins, A. Di Fiore, A., Boubli, J.P. and Lynch Alfaro, J.W. 2018. A phylogenomic perspective on the robust capuchin monkey (Sapajus) radiation: first evidence for extensive population admixture across South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 124: 137-150. · Gutiérrez, E. E., & Marinho-Filho, J. (2017). The mammalian faunas endemic to the Cerrado and the Caatinga. ZooKeys, (644), 105. · Teta, P. (2019). The usage of subgenera in mammalian taxonomy. Mammalia, 83(3), 209-211. · Martins, A. B., Valença-Montenegro, M. M., Lima, M. G. M., Lynch, J. W., Svoboda, W. K., Silva-Júnior, J. D. S. E., ... & Fiore, A. D. (2023). A New Assessment of Robust Capuchin Monkey (Sapajus) Evolutionary History Using Genome-Wide SNP Marker Data and a Bayesian Approach to Species Delimitation. Genes, 14(5), 970.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000847

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cercopithecus nigritus

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Family

Cebidae

Root name

nigritus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497908

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Cebus cucullatus

(von Spix, 1823)

Family

Cebidae

Root name

cucullatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 8

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826945

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

  1. Spix (1823:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38733)
  2. Schinz (1825:268, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  3. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1829:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24379922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60228)

Cebus xanthocephalus

(von Spix, 1823)

Family

Cebidae

Root name

xanthocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 18

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826948

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

  1. Spix (1823:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38733)
  2. Schinz (1825:266, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  3. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1829:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24379923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60228)
  4. Gray (1871:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  5. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cebus vellerosus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851)

Family

Cebidae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1493

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1493

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54184749

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Gray (1871:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  2. Elliot (1913:lv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cebus caliginosus

(D. G. Elliot, 1910)

Family

Cebidae

Root name

caliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.9.1.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/30e54c13-a961-4003-b096-f802472f5929 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0a973af-b53c-4dd2-8f75-5166029a46a2

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094497

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:lv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cebus nigritus cucullatus

(Groves, 2005)

Family

Cebidae

Root name

cucullatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cebus nigritus

(Groves, 2005)

Family

Cebidae

Root name

nigritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cebus nigritus nigritus

(Groves, 2005)

Family

Cebidae

Root name

nigritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Sapajus nigritus

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Cebidae

Root name

nigritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

399

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136717/210336199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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