I. Basic introduction

【Chinese name】Black-capped Capuchins

【English name】Black-capped Capuchins

【 Latin name: Cebus apella

【phylum】phylum Animalia

【phylum】chordate phylum

【subphylum】chordate subphylum

[Class] Mammalia

[Order] Primates

[Family] Capuchinidae

[Genus] Capuchin

II. Morphological characteristics

1. The black-capped monsoon is 35-50 cm in length, 40-50 cm in tail length, and weighs 2.6-3.3 kg.

2. The black-capped monkey has a strong body; the head is round and the top of the head is black; the nose is flat, the nostrils are open to the side; there are two brown cat clusters on the neck; the limbs are short and thick; the tail Very long, almost equal to body length.

III. Living habits

1. Black-capped monkeys are omnivores, fruits occupy a large proportion of their food, and because of Their lower jaws are relatively robust, so the black-capped monkeys can eat larger fruits than other species of monkeys. Examples include vegetation, seeds, pith, eggs, insects, reptiles, birds, and small mammals (eg, mouse possums). During the dry season, when food is scarce, the palm frond pith is vital to the survival of this animal.

2. The gestation period of female black-capped monkeys is 180 days, usually one cub is born per litter, reaching sexual maturity at 4-7 years old.

IV. Survival status

There are a certain number of black-capped monkeys in the wild, but due to the deforestation and the destruction of the ecological environment, their survival been threatened. In the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the black-capped monkey is listed in Appendix ΙΙ.

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