Cebus capucinus


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Noun1.Cebus capucinus - monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowlCebus capucinus - monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl
capuchin, ringtail
New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian - hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
Cebus, genus Cebus - type genus of the Cebidae
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White-faced capuchins, or Cebus capucinus, are found all over the rain forests of Central America.
Tiny capuchin monkeys have entered their Stone Age with a bang
A coprological survey of parasites in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) from sector Santa Rosa, ACG, Costa Rica.
FIRST RECORD OF Dipetalonema robini PETIT, BAIN & ROUSSILHON 1985 (NEMATODA: ONCHOCERCIDAE) PARASITIZING Sapajus nigritus IN NORTHEASTERN ARGENTINA
In a two-year study of white-faced monkeys (Cebus capucinus) in caged groups by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Barro Colorado Island, Panama, I found that the monkeys frequently exhibited peculiar, highly individual repetitive behavior patterns that appeared similar to human compulsive behavior patterns.
COPYING ANIMALS IN OUR NERVOUS PROCESSES: WITH POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
Population viability of Alouatta palliata (Primates: Atelidae) and Cebus capucinus (Primates: Cebidae) at Refugio de Vida Silvestre Privado Nogal, Sarapiqui, Heredia, Costa Rica
Viabilidad poblacional de Alouatta palliata (Primates: Atelidae) y Cebus capucinus (Primates: Cebidae) en el Refugio de Vida Silvestre Privado Nogal, Sarapiqui, Heredia, Costa Rica
Las especies de mamiferos mas reconocidas fueron: Armadillo de Nueve Bandas (Dasypus novemcinctus), Tigrillo (Leopardus pardalis), Ardilla Comun (Sciurus granatensis), Perezoso didactilo (Choloepus hoffmanni), Guatin o Agouti Dorado (Dasyprocta punctata), Mono Capuchino (Cebus capucinus), Zarigueya Comun o Chucha (Didelphis virginiana = Didelphis marsupialis) y Nutria (Lontra longicaudis).
Valoracion cultural del uso E importancia de la fauna silvestre en cautividad en tres barrios de Pereira (Risaralda)
Dietary differences between neighboring Cebus capucinus groups: local traditions, food availability or responses to food profitability?
Behavioral flexibility of a group of bearded capuchin monkeys (Cebus libidinosus) in the National Park of Brasilia (Brazil): consequences of cohabitation with visitors/ Flexibilidade comportamental de um grupo de macacos-prego (Cebus libidinosus) no Parque Nacional de Brasilia (Brasil): consequencias da convivencia com os visitantes
Perry is a primatologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and she's been studying white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) at Lomas Barbudal since 1990.
Monkey business: do the quirks of capuchins make them creatures with culture?
El mono capuchino cariblanco (Cebus capucinus) habita en la mayoria de las selvas de Costa Rica y Centroamerica (Emmons 1997).
Parasitosis intestinal en monos capuchinos cariblancos Cebus capucinus (Primates: Cebidae) de un area protegida en la provincia de Limon, noreste de Costa Rica

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