| Azaras's capuchin | |
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| Azaras's capuchin in the Pantanal, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cebidae |
| Subfamily: | Cebinae |
| Genus: | Sapajus |
| Species: | S. cay |
| Binomial name | |
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Sapajus cay (Illiger, 1815) |
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| Range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cebus libidinosus paraguayanus |
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Cebus libidinosus paraguayanus
Cebus cay
Azaras's capuchin or hooded capuchin (Sapajus cay) is a species of robust capuchin. It occurs in eastern Paraguay, southeastern Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Brazil, at Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso states, in Pantanal. Formerly, it was considered a subspecies of black-striped capuchin, according to Groves (2005) with the name Cebus libidinosus paraguayanus, but Silva Jr. (2001) considered it a separated species.