Golden-bellied Capuchin

Taxobox
name = Golden-bellied Capuchin
status = CR
status_system = iucn3.1
trend = unknown
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=Rylands "et al"|year=2003|id=4074|title=Cebus xanthosternos|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered ]

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image_width = 220px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cebidae
genus = "Cebus"
species = "C. xanthosternos"
binomial = "Cebus xanthosternos"
binomial_authority = Wied, 1826

The Golden-bellied Capuchin ("Cebus xanthosternos"),MSW3 Groves|pages=138] also known as the Yellow-breasted or Buffy-headed Capuchin, is one of several species of New World monkeys.

Although there are differences between individuals as well as between the sexes and across age groups, "C. xanthosternos" is described as having a distinctive yellow to golden red chest, belly and upper arms.cite book|last=Groves|first=Colin P.|authorlink=Colin Groves|year=2001|title=Primate Taxonomy|location=Washington, DC|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|id=ISBN 1-56098-872-X] Its face is a light brown and its cap for which the capuchins were first named is a dark brown/black or light brown. Formerly thought to be a subspecies of Tufted Capuchin ("C. apella"), it was elevated to the status of species.Mittermeier, R. A., Rylands, A. B., and Coimbra Filho, A, F. 1998, systematics: Species and Subspecies, an update. Ecology and Behaviour of Neotropical Primates, Volume 2. World Wide Fund. pp 13-75] Despite this previous classification, "C. xanthosternos" does not have very evident tufts, as they are oriented towards the rear of the skull and are hardly noticeable. A band of short hair around the upper part of the face with speckled colouring contrasts with the darker surrounding areas. The limbs and tail are also darkly coloured.

Populations of "C. xanthosternos" are restricted to the Atlantic forest of south-eastern Bahia, Brazil, due possibly to high degrees of interference from man. Historically they probably would have inhabited the entire area east of, and north to, the Rio São Francisco.Coimbra Filho, A. F., Ryland, A. B., Pissinatti, A., Santos, I. B. 1991/1992, The Distribution and Conservation of the buff headed Capuchin Monkey, Cebus xanthosternos, In the Atlantic Forest Region of Eastern Brazil. "Primate Conservation" 12-13, 24-30.]

Only 300 individuals survive. [Information by the Zoo Cologne]

External links

*ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Cebus_xanthosternos/ images and movies of the yellow-breasted capuchin "(Cebus xanthosternos)"]

References