#0249 · 🦊 mammals

Central American White-faced Capuchin

Cebus imitator

VUvulnerable 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Joshua Eastlake · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Craig Biegler · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Andy Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Seig · CC BY 4.0
5. © docprt · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Matthew Gerke · CC BY 4.0
7. Puntarenas Province, Quepos, Costa Rica:© Wendy Feltham · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Puntarenas Province, Quepos, Costa Rica:© Michelle Monge-Velazquez · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Golfito, CR-PU, CR:© Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Limón, Siquirres, Costa Rica:© Matt Rosenthal · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Panamanian white-faced capuchin ( Cebus imitator ), also known as the Panamanian white-headed capuchin or Central American white-faced capuchin , is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae. Native to the forests of Central America, the white-faced capuchin is important to rainforest ecology for its role in dispersing seeds and pollen.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,928iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
12,928 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Michael Roger Oldfield Thomas in 1903 (123 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.