Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Capuchin monkey FAMILY - Cebidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Cebus capucinus REFERENCES - 3 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Threatened throughout range 4 Cites II 3 - Comments on Status 4* many pops. threatened by deforestation District Reference Cayo 5 Toledo 5 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Chiquibul National Park 5 Maya Mountain Forest Reserve 5 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 5 General Distribution Comments 5* Discusses probable sight records, needs verification. 2* not shown in Belize References 1 McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter 25 (2-3). 2 Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 1:263-268 3 Wilson, D. E., D. M. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World, a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second ed. Smithsonian Inst. p.260 4 Emmons, L. H. 1990. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide. University of Chicago Press. Chicago and London. p.118-119 5 McCarthy, T. J. 1982. Chironectes, Cyclopes, Cabassous and Probably Cebus in Southern Belize. Mammalia 46(3):397-400.
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