Learn more about Capuchin Monkeys

The name of the extreme animal is Capuchin Monkey. The common name is Capuchin monkey but it's Scientific name is Cebus, Rank is Genus, and family is Cebidae. Capuchins got their name from the darker colored fur on their heads that looks like a cap.

They are common Central and South America primates found in tropical forests from Nicaragua to Paraguay. Can be found in Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador,Suriname,French Guiana, Venezuela, Honduras, and Panama. They are known for being tree-dwellers. It is warm year round and is rare for it to be above 93 degrees F(34 degrees C) or below 68 degrees F(20 degrees C). It is very humid and the rainfall is more than 100 inches per year.

 Animals found here are Tamarin, Wooly Spider monkey, Red tailed parrot, and Maned three toed sloth. The plants that live here are flora, fauna, lianas, orchids,and bromeliads.

They weigh 3-9 pounds(1.36-4.6 kilograms).The monkey's length is 30-40 centimeters(12-22 inches) "with tails as long as their body." At it's smallest length it is the size of a homework folder and at it's largest size it is as tall as a TV stand. Three physical adaptations are that they have the largest of all new world monkeys. Capuchins are used to help paralized people. These monkeys also have human like hands, "they are used to do meaningingful and useful actions."They can use their tails to hang on tree branches.

 

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