Authority citation

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

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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

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