Brown Weeper Capuchin

• Common Name: Brown Capuchin
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 1914
• Monkey Size: 42 to 42 cm (17 to 17 in)
• Skin Color(s): Brown
• Habitat: Rainorest
• Diet: Omnivorous
• Native Countries: Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago

The brown weeper capuchin^[1], or Venezuelan brown capuchin, is a species of graceful capuchin monkey native to Venezuela.

• However, some sources suggest it is also found in Trinidad. These capuchins have dense brown fur, a dark forehead wedge, and a paler face, chin, and cheeks.
• Their heads and bodies measure approximately 42 centimeters (17 in) with a 44 cm (17 inches) tail.
• The various white-fronted capuchins are challenging to tell apart and seem to mix even when different taxa are found, along with other Cebus taxa recognized as distinct.
• Brown weeper capuchins may be conspecific with white-faced capuchins, which sometimes cannot be reliably physically distinguished from them.

• Unlike spider monkeys, brown weeper capuchin monkeys can’t hang by their tails because they cannot support their body weight.
• They have been observed using leaves as cups to drink water from hollows in trees.
• Contact calls (such as “arrh“) are used by lost individuals to locate their group and by females to signal that the group should move in a different direction.
• Brown weeper capuchins are polygamous and reach sexual maturity between 4 and 5 years. They can reproduce throughout the year.
• Female capuchin monkeys are the primary caregivers. The male may spend time foraging for the female but little or nothing on parental care.