The shock-headed capuchin[1] (Cebus cuscinus) is a gracile capuchin monkey native to Peru and Bolivia.
- This New-world monkey was previously classified as a subspecies of the Humboldt’s capuchin (Cebus albifrons), but in 2013 Rylands and Mittermeier raised it to a separate species, following genetic studies done by Boubli et al. in 2012, and Lynch Alfaro et al. in 2010.
- Males have a head and body length of around 40 cm (16 in) with a tail length of around 44 cm (17 in).
- Females have a head and body length of between 39 and 46 cm (15 and 18 in) with a tail length of between 39 and 47.5 cm (15.4 and 18.7 in).
- They have dark brown fur on their backs, darker limbs, and yellowish-brown hands and feet. The front is cream.
- Their face is pinkish, and they have a dark brown wedge-shaped cap clearly separated from the lighter forehead.
