Sierra De Perijá White-fronted Capuchin

• Common Name: Sierra de Perijá White-fronted Capuchin
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 1865
• Monkey Size: 37 to 40.7 cm (14.6 to 16.0 in)
• Skin Color(s): Black-brown
• Habitat: Forest
• Diet: Herbivorous
• Native Countries: Colombia, Venezuela

The Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin monkey^[1] (Cebus leucocephalus) is a species of gracile capuchin monkey native to Venezuela and Colombia.

• It was formerly considered a subspecies of Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin. Still, it was reclassified as a distinct species by Rylands and Mittermeier in 2013 based on genetic studies by Jean Boubli.
• Males have a head and body that vary between 37 and 40.7 cm (14.6 and 16.0 in) with a tail length of between 39.2 and 49.9 mm (1.54 and 1.96 in).
• Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchins have a dark brown body with lighter hair on the ventral side (belly area) and around the face.
• Their expressive faces are pink, with dark brown eyes and large nostrils above their mouths.
• Their front and hind legs are roughly the exact sizes, which is considered an adaptation since they are more ground-traveling than other New World primates.
• Its tail is semi-prehensile and fully covered in hair. Their fingers are short with pseudo-opposable thumbs, and they can move all their fingers independently of the others.

• The Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin range is restricted to northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia forests.
• They have strong jaws and teeth. Male canines are about 16 percent larger than females. In fact, their tooth enamel is the thickest of any non-human primate, allowing these tiny creatures to pierce the hard shells of palm nuts.
• Unlike spider monkeys, Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin monkeys cannot hang by their tails, which cannot support their body weight. Instead, they use it for support, often wrapping it around a branch as they search for balance food.
• The size of their brain is large compared to the size of their body.
• Like all capuchin monkeys, they exhibit self-anointing behavior: rubbing plants, mud, or insects on their bodies.