Kaapori capuchin

The Kaapori Capuchin ( Cebus kaapori ) is a primate of the species of capuchin monkeys ( Cebus ). He was formerly considered a subspecies of the Brown Capuchin.

Kaapori Capuchin Capuchin, like all medium-sized primates, they weigh about 3 kilograms and have a long, wide tail enabled. Their fur is predominantly yellow-brown, the top of the head is black. The forearms, lower legs and the rear part of the tail are dark.

Kaapori Capuchin inhabit a small area on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Brazil in the northeast of the state of Pará ( east of the Rio Tocantins ) and to the west of Maranhão. Their habitat is forests.

Little is known about the life of this kind, may she agrees with that of the Brown Capuchin match. They live in large, mixed groups and feed on both fruit and other plant parts and insects.

Kaapori Capuchins are an endangered species. The main reason for this is the destruction of their habitat, because their range has been especially heavily populated in the last decades. In addition, the hunting is for meat. The IUCN estimates that the total population has declined in the past 48 years by at least 80 % and, therefore, lists the species as " threatened with extinction " ( critically endangered ).