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| name = Brown weeper capuchin
| name = Brown weeper capuchin
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| status = LC
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| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2011.2|assessor=Rylands, A.B., Boubli, J.-P. & Mittermeier, R.A. |year=2008|id=43940|title=Cebus brunneus|version=2011.2|downloaded=5 January 2019}}</ref>
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| genus = Cebus
| genus = Cebus
| species = brunneus
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| synonyms = ''Cebus trinitatis'' <small>(von Pusch, 1941)</small>
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The '''brown weeper capuchin''' ('''''Cebus brunneus''''') or '''Venezuelan brown capuchin''' is a species of [[gracile capuchin monkey]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Venezuela]], although some sources also consider it to occur on [[Trinidad]].
The '''Brown weeper capuchin''' (''Cebus brunneus'') or '''Venezuelan brown capuchin''' is a species of [[gracile capuchin monkey]] from [[Venezuela]]. It had previously been considered to be synonymous with the [[Guianan weeper capuchin]] (''C. olivaceus'') but genetic analysis by Jean Boubli revealed it to be a separate species.<ref name=all>{{cite book|title=All the World's Primates|author=Miller, Lynne E.|editor=Rowe, Noel & Myers, Marc|page=283|year=2016|publisher=Pogonias Press|isbn=9781940496061}}</ref><ref name=boubli>{{cite journal|title=Cebus Phylogenetic Relationships: A Preliminary Reassessment of the Diversity of the Untufted Capuchin Monkeys|author=Boubli, Jean P., ''et al''|journal=American Journal of Primatology|year=2012|pages=1–13|doi=10.1002/ajp.21998|url=http://socgen.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CebusPhylogeneticRelationships.pdf|accessdate=2018-12-30}}</ref><ref name=handbook>{{cite book|title=Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3, Primates|year=2013|isbn=978-8496553897|publisher=Lynx|editor= Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B. & Wilson, Don E.| author=Mittermeier, Russell A.& Rylands, Anthony B. |pages=410–411}}</ref> Following Boubli, Mittermeier and Rylands recognized the Trinidad white-fronted capuchin to be synonymous with the brown weeper capuchin, but other authors such as the [[IUCN]] regard that as a separate species ''C. trinitatis''.<ref name=all2>{{cite book|title=All the World's Primates|author=Phillips, Kimberly A. & Jack, Katherine M.|editor=Rowe, Noel & Myers, Marc|pages=291–292|year=2016|publisher=Pogonias Press|isbn=9781940496061}}</ref><ref name=handbook/>


==Taxonomy==
The brown weeper capuchin has brown, thick fur with a dark wedge on the forehead and lighter face, cheeks and chin.<ref name=handbook/> It's head and body are about {{convert|42|cm|in}} with a {{convert|44|cm|in|abbr=on}} tail.<ref name=handbook/> It lives in various types of forest in the [[Venezuelan Coastal Range|Cordillera de la Costa]] in northern Venezuela, in dry semi-[[deciduous forests]] and [[gallery forests]] in the Western [[Venezuelan Llanos]], as well as in Trinidad (under the assumption that the Trinidad white-fronted capuchin is synonymous).<ref name=handbook/>
This [[taxon]] had previously been considered to be both ''Cebus albifrons trinitanus'' and ''C. olivaceus'', and in 1981 had been interpreted doubtfully distinct and likely conspecific with ''C. capucinus'' by some taxonomists.<ref name=msw>{{cite book|title=Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference |year=2005 |isbn= |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |editor=Wilson, Don E. |editor2=DeeAnn M. Reeder |url=http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100260}}</ref> Boubli, Mittermeier and Rylands considered the taxon to be called ''C. olivaceus'' ssp. ''brunneus'' when they wrote the [[IUCN]] [[Red List]] assessment in 2008, classifying the subspecies within the [[Guianan weeper capuchin]].<ref name="iucn" />

In 2012, Boubli ''et al''., found divergences in [[mitochondrial DNA]] of ''C. brunneus'' to be significant enough to recognise it as a separate species, and also synonymized the [[Trinidad white-fronted capuchin]] (''C. trinitatis'') with it based on the mitochondrial genes of the single sampled specimen.<ref name="boubli">{{cite journal|author=Boubli, Jean P.|display-authors=etal|year=2012|title=''Cebus'' Phylogenetic Relationships: A Preliminary Reassessment of the Diversity of the Untufted Capuchin Monkeys|url=http://socgen.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CebusPhylogeneticRelationships.pdf|url-status=dead|journal=American Journal of Primatology|volume=74|issue=4|pages=1–13|doi=10.1002/ajp.21998|pmid=22311697|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103046/http://socgen.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CebusPhylogeneticRelationships.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|access-date=2018-12-30|s2cid=12171529}}</ref><ref name="handbook">{{cite book|author=Mittermeier, Russell A.|title=Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3, Primates|author2=Rylands, Anthony B.|publisher=Lynx|year=2013|isbn=978-8496553897|editor=Mittermeier, Russell A.|pages=410–411|editor2=Rylands, Anthony B.|editor3=Wilson, Don E.}}</ref><ref name="all2">{{cite book|author=Phillips, Kimberly A.|title=All the World's Primates|author2=Jack, Katherine M.|publisher=Pogonias Press|year=2016|isbn=9781940496061|editor=Rowe, Noel|pages=291–292|editor2=Myers, Marc}}</ref> However, subsequent morphological inspection of the ''C. brunneus'' specimens used for the study found them to be distinct from the actual type specimen of ''C. brunneus''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Alfaro|first1=Jessica W. Lynch|last2=John Seyjagat (Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago|first2=Emperor Valley Zoo (ZSTT EVZ))|last3=Nirmal Biptah (Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago|first3=Emperor Valley Zoo (ZSTT EVZ))|last4=Sham Ramsubage (Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago|first4=Emperor Valley Zoo (ZSTT EVZ))|date=2021-03-14|title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Cebus trinitatis|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?query=cebus%20trinitatis|journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=ITIS - Report: Cebus albifrons|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=572975#null|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.itis.gov}}</ref> Although the [[American Society of Mammalogists]] still recognizes the Trinidad capuchins as conspecific with ''C. brunneus'', the [[Integrated Taxonomic Information System|ITIS]] recognizes them as a subspecies of [[Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin]] (''C. albifrons'').<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore the Database|url=https://www.mammaldiversity.org/explore.html#species-id=1000830|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.mammaldiversity.org}}</ref>

== Description ==
The brown weeper capuchin has brown, thick fur with a dark wedge on the forehead and lighter face, cheeks and chin.<ref name=handbook/> Its head and body are about {{convert|42|cm|in}} with a {{convert|44|cm|in|abbr=on}} tail.<ref name=handbook/>

The different species known as [[white-fronted capuchin]]s are extremely difficult to tell apart, and also appear to intergrade with each other where different taxa meet, as well as other ''Cebus'' taxa recognised as distinct. ''C. brunneus'' may be [[conspecific]] with [[white-faced capuchin]]s, which often cannot reliably be distinguished from it physically.<ref name=boubli/><ref>{{cite book | last1 = Hernández-Camacho | first1 = J.I. | last2 = Cooper | first2 = G.W. | title = Neotropical Primates | chapter = The non-human primates of Columbia | year = 1976 | publisher = The National Academies Press | location = Washington, DC | pages = 35–69 | doi = 10.17226/18666| isbn = 978-0-309-02442-6 }}</ref><ref name="Ruiz-García2010">{{Cite journal | last1 = Ruiz-García | first1 = M. | last2 = Castillo | first2 = M. I. | last3 = Vásquez | first3 = C.| last4 = Rodriguez | first4 = K. | last5 = Pinedo-Castro | first5 = M. | last6 = Shostell | first6 = J. | last7 = Leguizamon | first7 = N. | doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.002 | title = Molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of the white-fronted capuchin (''Cebus albifrons''; Cebidae, Primates) by means of mtCOII gene sequences | journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume = 57 | issue = 3 | pages = 1049–61 | year = 2010 | pmid = 20854917}}</ref>

==Distribution and habitat==
It lives in various types of forest in the [[Venezuelan Coastal Range|Cordillera de la Costa]] in northern Venezuela, in dry semi-[[deciduous forests]] and [[gallery forests]] in the Western [[Venezuelan Llanos]], as well as in Trinidad (under the assumption that the Trinidad white-fronted capuchin is synonymous).<ref name=handbook/>

==Tool use==
Trinidad white-fronted capuchins have been observed using leaves as cups to drink water from tree cavities. The leaves used were modified before by changing the shape of the leaf. The leaves are discarded after one use, meaning that a different leaf is used for repeat visits. These observations suggest that, like the [[common chimpanzee]], wild capuchins demonstrate tool manufacture and use in foraging-related contexts.<ref name="Phillips1998">{{Cite journal|last1=Phillips|first1=K. A.|year=1998|title=Tool use in wild capuchin monkeys (''Cebus albifrons trinitatis'')|journal=American Journal of Primatology|volume=46|issue=3|pages=259–261|doi=10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)46:3<259::AID-AJP6>3.0.CO;2-R|pmid=9802515|s2cid=24298276 }}</ref>


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Brown weeper capuchin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Cebus
Species:
C. brunneus
Binomial name
Cebus brunneus
(Allen, 1914)

The brown weeper capuchin (Cebus brunneus) or Venezuelan brown capuchin is a species of gracile capuchin monkey endemic to Venezuela, although some sources also consider it to occur on Trinidad.

Taxonomy[edit]

This taxon had previously been considered to be both Cebus albifrons trinitanus and C. olivaceus, and in 1981 had been interpreted doubtfully distinct and likely conspecific with C. capucinus by some taxonomists.[2] Boubli, Mittermeier and Rylands considered the taxon to be called C. olivaceus ssp. brunneus when they wrote the IUCN Red List assessment in 2008, classifying the subspecies within the Guianan weeper capuchin.[1]

In 2012, Boubli et al., found divergences in mitochondrial DNA of C. brunneus to be significant enough to recognise it as a separate species, and also synonymized the Trinidad white-fronted capuchin (C. trinitatis) with it based on the mitochondrial genes of the single sampled specimen.[3][4][5] However, subsequent morphological inspection of the C. brunneus specimens used for the study found them to be distinct from the actual type specimen of C. brunneus.[6][7] Although the American Society of Mammalogists still recognizes the Trinidad capuchins as conspecific with C. brunneus, the ITIS recognizes them as a subspecies of Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (C. albifrons).[7][8]

Description[edit]

The brown weeper capuchin has brown, thick fur with a dark wedge on the forehead and lighter face, cheeks and chin.[4] Its head and body are about 42 centimetres (17 in) with a 44 cm (17 in) tail.[4]

The different species known as white-fronted capuchins are extremely difficult to tell apart, and also appear to intergrade with each other where different taxa meet, as well as other Cebus taxa recognised as distinct. C. brunneus may be conspecific with white-faced capuchins, which often cannot reliably be distinguished from it physically.[3][9][10]

Distribution and habitat[edit]

It lives in various types of forest in the Cordillera de la Costa in northern Venezuela, in dry semi-deciduous forests and gallery forests in the Western Venezuelan Llanos, as well as in Trinidad (under the assumption that the Trinidad white-fronted capuchin is synonymous).[4]

Tool use[edit]

Trinidad white-fronted capuchins have been observed using leaves as cups to drink water from tree cavities. The leaves used were modified before by changing the shape of the leaf. The leaves are discarded after one use, meaning that a different leaf is used for repeat visits. These observations suggest that, like the common chimpanzee, wild capuchins demonstrate tool manufacture and use in foraging-related contexts.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Urbani, B.; Boubli, J.P. & Lynch Alfaro, J.W. (2021). "Cebus brunneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ Wilson, Don E.; DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press.
  3. ^ a b Boubli, Jean P.; et al. (2012). "Cebus Phylogenetic Relationships: A Preliminary Reassessment of the Diversity of the Untufted Capuchin Monkeys" (PDF). American Journal of Primatology. 74 (4): 1–13. doi:10.1002/ajp.21998. PMID 22311697. S2CID 12171529. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  4. ^ a b c d Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B. (2013). Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Wilson, Don E. (eds.). Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3, Primates. Lynx. pp. 410–411. ISBN 978-8496553897.
  5. ^ Phillips, Kimberly A.; Jack, Katherine M. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 291–292. ISBN 9781940496061.
  6. ^ Alfaro, Jessica W. Lynch; John Seyjagat (Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Emperor Valley Zoo (ZSTT EVZ)); Nirmal Biptah (Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Emperor Valley Zoo (ZSTT EVZ)); Sham Ramsubage (Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Emperor Valley Zoo (ZSTT EVZ)) (2021-03-14). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Cebus trinitatis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  7. ^ a b "ITIS - Report: Cebus albifrons". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  8. ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  9. ^ Hernández-Camacho, J.I.; Cooper, G.W. (1976). "The non-human primates of Columbia". Neotropical Primates. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. pp. 35–69. doi:10.17226/18666. ISBN 978-0-309-02442-6.
  10. ^ Ruiz-García, M.; Castillo, M. I.; Vásquez, C.; Rodriguez, K.; Pinedo-Castro, M.; Shostell, J.; Leguizamon, N. (2010). "Molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of the white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons; Cebidae, Primates) by means of mtCOII gene sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (3): 1049–61. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.002. PMID 20854917.
  11. ^ Phillips, K. A. (1998). "Tool use in wild capuchin monkeys (Cebus albifrons trinitatis)". American Journal of Primatology. 46 (3): 259–261. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)46:3<259::AID-AJP6>3.0.CO;2-R. PMID 9802515. S2CID 24298276.