The chestnut capuchin or chestnut weeper capuchin (''Cebus castaneus'') is a species of

capuchin monkey The capuchin monkeys () are New World monkeys of the subfamily Cebinae. They are readily identified as the " organ grinder" monkey, and have been used in many movies and television shows. The range of capuchin monkeys includes some tropical fores ...

from northeastern

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, southern Guyana,

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

, and

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...

Taxonomy

It was described in 1851 as a subspecies of the wedge-capped capuchin (''C. olivaceus''). However, a 2012 study found grounds to at least tentatively recognize it as a distinct species. The

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, and

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all follow this classification.

Distribution

It is found in northeastern

, southern Guyana, and most of

and

. It inhabits the uplands of the

Guiana Shield The Guiana Shield (french: Plateau des Guyanes, Bouclier guyanais; nl, Hoogland van Guyana, Guianaschild; pt, Planalto das Guianas, Escudo das Guianas; es, Escudo guayanés) is one of the three cratons of the South American Plate. It is a ...

north of the Amazon River, east of the Rio Negro, limited on both sides by the

Branco River The Branco River ( pt, Rio Branco; Engl: ''White River'') is the principal affluent of the Rio Negro from the north. Basin The river drains the Guayanan Highlands moist forests ecoregion. It is enriched by many streams from the Tepui highlands ...

, and from here ranges north, east of the

Orinoco The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wo ...

and Ventuari rivers, to Guyana. Its range still remains poorly known.

References

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chestnut capuchin The chestnut capuchin or chestnut weeper capuchin (''Cebus castaneus'') is a species of capuchin monkey from northeastern Brazil, southern Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Taxonomy It was described in 1851 as a subspecies of the wedge-cap ...

Mammals of Brazil Mammals of French Guiana Mammals of Guyana Mammals of Suriname

Primates of South America