
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).
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
Primates, Cebus imitator, Cebidae, Mammalia, Animalia, Cebus, Biodiversity, Chordata, Taxonomy
Primates, Cebus imitator, Cebidae, Mammalia, Animalia, Cebus, Biodiversity, Chordata, Taxonomy
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