- Where to see one
- 5 U.S. zoos in our directory hold white-throated capuchin, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the white-throated capuchin
The Colombian white-faced capuchin, also called the Colombian white-throated capuchin, is a medium-sized New World monkey native to the extreme east of Panama and the north-west of South America, in western Colombia and north-western Ecuador. It is black on the body, tail, legs and top of the head, with a white chest, throat, face, shoulders and upper arms. Head and body length is 33 to 45 cm, with a tail of 35 to 55 cm. Males weigh 3 to 4 kg, and females are about 27% smaller. It is the type species of the genus Cebus. Its predators include boa constrictors, jaguars, ocelots and harpy eagles.
White-throated Capuchin facts
- The genus is named for Capuchin friars, whose cowls resemble the monkey's head colouring.
- Females are about 27% smaller than males.
- A study in 2012 showed it split from the Panamanian white-faced capuchin up to 2 million years ago.
- It was one of the many species Carl Linnaeus described in 1758.
Where to see white-throated capuchin in the U.S.
5 zoos across 4 states
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