Ecuadorian capuchin

Ecuadorian capuchin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Cebus
Species: Cebus albifrons
Subspecies: C. a. aequatorialis
Trinomial name
Cebus albifrons aequatorialis
J. A. Allen, 1914

The Ecuadorian capuchin (Cebus albifrons aequatorialis) is a capuchin monkey of the family Cebidae. It is a subspecies of the white-fronted capuchin.[2] It lives in tropical forests in Ecuador and Peru. It is listed as critically endangered.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Cornejo, F.; de la Torre, S. (2015). "Cebus aequatorialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2015: e.T4081A81232052. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015.RLTS.T4081A81232052.en.
  2. "White-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons)". ARKive. Retrieved 10 February 2012.


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