Colombian white-faced capuchin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Colombian white-faced capuchin lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cebus capucinus
Group	Monkeys
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cebidae

Where does the Colombian white-faced capuchin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Colombian white-faced capuchin in 4 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Ecuador, Colombia, Panama.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Colombian white-faced capuchin endangered?

The Colombian white-faced capuchin’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Colombian white-faced capuchin?

The Colombian white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cebidae, genus Cebus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Colombian white-faced capuchin

The Colombian white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus), also known as the Colombian white-headed capuchin or Colombian white-throated capuchin, is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae. It is native to the extreme eastern portion of Panama and the extreme north-western portion of South America in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.

The Colombian white-faced capuchin was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is a member of the family Cebidae, the family of New World monkeys containing capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys. It is the type species for the genus Cebus, the genus that includes all the capuchin monkeys.

The white-faced capuchin is, with tufted capuchins, the most well-studied capuchin species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Colombian white-faced capuchin (revision 1356900565), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q585189 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).