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Published November 14, 2025 | Version v1
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Cebus imitator

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Life Science, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, Italy
  • 2. Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213 / d, 41125 Modena, Italy & PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, 2594 AV The Hague, Netherlands
  • 3. Asociación Ecológica Paquera, Lepanto y Cóbano, PO Box 25 - 5353, Jicaral, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
  • 4. Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213 / d, 41125 Modena, Italy
  • 5. Associazione Foreste per Sempre OdV, Via D'Avia Sud 65 / a, 41126 Modena, Italy
  • 6. Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213 / d, 41125 Modena, Italy & Associazione Foreste per Sempre OdV, Via D'Avia Sud 65 / a, 41126 Modena, Italy

Description

Cebus imitator (Thomas, 1903)

Fig. 2 C Central American white-faced capuchin

Material examined.

Costa Rica • Puntarenas Province, Karen Mogensen Wildlife Refuge; 09°51'55"N, 085°03'40"W; 279 m alt.; 20.01.2018; direct observation.

Identification.

Medium-sized primate, typically characterised by a black fur, except for chest, shoulders, and frontal part of the head. The face is pink coloured. Tail elongated and prehensile. It cannot be confused with other primates in the region. This species was formerly included in C. capucinus (Linnaeus, 1758), whose range is currently limited to South America (Boubli et al. 2012). Even though common and widespread in the Wildlife Refuge and in many parts of Costa Rica this species results globally vulnerable (Beal et al. 2020; IUCN 2025).

Notes

Published as part of Fonda, Federica, Vezzani, Liam, Mena Aguilar, Luis Ángel, Venegas-Elizondo, Carlos Andrés, Bolaños Brenes, Alexander, Lopez, Dayron Manuel, Romeo, Giuseppe, Sonetti, Dario & Dal Zotto, Matteo, 2025, Mammal diversity and tourism influence in an under-investigated region of Costa Rica, pp. 37-74 in ZooKeys 1260 on pages 37-74, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.128800

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/138FBBEEE203558E89E7225A7954D3D1

Cites
Publication: 10.1002/ajp.21998 (DOI)
Publication: 10.15560/16.4.939 (DOI)
Publication: https://www.iucnredlist.org (URL)
Figure: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.128800.figure2 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1466146 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.128800 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/1B73044D6EBF5FF0BDAF874EDB4F5991 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/4327BF20-1A59-43BD-93CC-4AC6B8098403 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/138FBBEEE203558E89E7225A7954D3D1 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/305982118 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/313097/taxon/138FBBEEE203558E89E7225A7954D3D1.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Event date
2018-01-20
Verbatim event date
2018-01-20
Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Primates
Family
Cebidae
Genus
Cebus
Species
imitator
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cebus imitator (Thomas, 1903) sec. Fonda, Vezzani, Aguilar, Venegas-Elizondo, Brenes, Lopez, Romeo, Sonetti & Zotto, 2025

References

  • Boubli JP, Rylands AB, Farias IP, Alfaro ME, Alfaro JL (2012) Cebus Phylogenetic Relationships: A Preliminary Reassessment of the Diversity of the Untufted Capuchin Monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 74 (4): 381–393. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.21998
  • Beal MR, Matzinger PJ, Saborío-R G, Bristan JN, Olson ER (2020) Survey of medium-sized and large mammals of Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica. Check List 16: 939. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.4.939
  • IUCN (2025) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Ver. 2025-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org [accessed 30 May 2025]