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Yellow-breasted capuchin
Yellow-breasted capuchin: Cebus xanthosternos.
There are eight species of capuchin monkeys in Middle and South America. The yellow-breasted capuchin from Brazil is probably the rarest. It can be recognised by it's yellow-brown chest and shoulders.
The golden-bellied capuchin , also known as the yellow-breasted or buffy-headed capuchin, is one of several species of New World monkeys.
Although there are differences between individuals as well as between the sexes and across age groups, ''C. xanthosternos'' is described as having a distinctive yellow to golden red chest, belly and upper arms. Its face is a light brown and its cap for which the capuchins were first named is a dark brown/black or light brown. Formerly thought to be.. more
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Uploaded May 22, 2013. Captured Apr 14, 2013 10:34 in Dentgenbachweg 105, 6468 PG Kerkrade, The Netherlands.
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