Sapajus xanthosternos

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820)

Yellow-breasted 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

Wied-Neuwied, M. zu. 1820. Reise nach Brasilien in den Jahren 1815 bis 1817. Erster Band. H. L. Brönner, Vienna, 376 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45439809

Original name as described

Cebus xanthosternos

Other common names

Buff-headed Capuchin · Golden-bellied Capuchin · Smooth-headed Capuchin

Type material

RMNH.MAM.17689

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17689

Type locality

Rio Belmonte, Bahia, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

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

Taxonomy notes citation

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. · 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

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000849

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.

Cebus xanthosternos

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820)

Family

Cebidae

Root name

xanthosternos

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.17689

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17689

Authority page

368 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45439809

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Lesson (1827:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Fischer (1829:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  4. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1829:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24379923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60228)
  5. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

cebus xanthosternos

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Cebidae

Root name

xanthosternos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523848

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Desmarest (1821:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)

Sapajus xanthosternos

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

Family

Cebidae

Root name

xanthosternos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

401

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4074/192592138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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