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Cebus capucinus   Listen
Cebus capucinus

noun
1.
Monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl.  Synonyms: capuchin, ringtail.






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... baboons, which live in herds containing twice as many adult females as males. In South America the Mycetes caraya presents well-marked sexual differences, in colour, beard, and vocal organs; and the male generally lives with two or three wives: the male of the Cebus capucinus differs somewhat from the female, and appears to be polygamous. (10. On the Gorilla, Savage and Wyman, 'Boston Journal of Natural History,' vol. v. 1845-47, p. 423. On Cynocephalus, Brehm, 'Thierleben,' B. i. 1864, s. 77. On Mycetes, ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Cebus capucinus" :   platyrrhine, genus Cebus, ringtail, Cebus, New World monkey, platyrrhinian, capuchin



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