Black capuchin

Black capuchin[1]
Black capuchin in Argentina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Sapajus
Species:
S. nigritus
Binomial name
Sapajus nigritus
(Goldfuss, 1809)
Combined range of S. n. nigritus and S. n. cucullatus. S. n. robustus is found just northeast of this range (see text).

The black capuchin (Sapajus nigritus), also known as the black-horned capuchin,[2] is a capuchin monkey from the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil and far north-eastern Argentina. Historically, it was included as a subspecies of the tufted capuchin.[1]

  1. ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 137–138. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Ludwig, G.; de Melo, F.R.; Martins, W.P.; Miranda, J.M.D.; Lynch Alfaro, J.W.; Alonso, A.C.; dos Santos, M.C.; Rímoli, J. (2021). "Sapajus nigritus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T136717A192593806. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T136717A192593806.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.