White-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons)

Also known as:	Shock-headed capuchin

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Primates
Family	Cebidae
Genus	Cebus (1)

Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix I of CITES (2). Subspecies: Ecuadorian white-fronted capuchin, Cebus albifrons aequatorialis, and the Trinidad white-fronted capuchin, C. a. trinitatis, are listed as Critically Endangered (CR), the Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin, C. a. cesarae, is listed as Data Deficient (DD), the shock-headed capuchin, C. a. cuscinus, is listed as Near Threatened (NT), the Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin, C. a. malitiosus, and the varied white-fronted capuchin, C. a. versicolor, are listed as Endangered (EN) and the white-fronted capuchin, C. a. albifrons, is listed as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1).

Information on the white-fronted capuchin is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

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• Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

1. IUCN Red List (July, 2009)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org
2. CITES (July, 2009)
   http://www.cites.org