#0117 · 🦊 mammals

Brown Capuchin

🇳🇱 Bruine Kapucijnaap ·Sapajus apella

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The tufted capuchin ( Sapajus apella ), also known as brown capuchin , black-capped capuchin , or pin monkey is a New World primate from South America. As traditionally defined, it is one of the most widespread primates in the Neotropics, but it has recently been recommended considering the black-striped, black and golden-bellied capuchins as separate species in a new genus, thereby effectively limiting the tufted capuchin to the Amazon basin and nearby regions.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,199iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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.
3,199 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).