Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin

• Common Name: Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 1909
• Monkey Size: 45.7 to 45.7 cm (18.0 to 18.0 in)
• Skin Color(s): Dark brown
• Habitat: Forest
• Diet: Omnivorous
• Native Countries: Colombia

The Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin^[1] (Cebus malitiosus) is a species of gracile capuchin monkey native to Colombia.

• It was previously considered a subspecies of Cebus albifrons or a synonym of the Columbian white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus). Still, Mittermeier and Rylands upgraded it to species status in 2013, following earlier work by Hershkovitz, Rylands, Cooper, and Hernandez-Camacho.
• The Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin is characterized by a rather dark brown coloring with yellowish shoulders over most of the body.
• A pale area on the dorsal area is less extensive, and upper parts and limbs are paler than in Hypoleucus.
• Cap Prout’s is brown, mid back is cinnamon brown, and forearm and foreleg are indistinguishable from the back and sides of the body.
• Abdominal and chest hair is tan to reddish, cinnamon, and silver.

• The Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin range is restricted to forests near northern Colombia’s northwestern base of the Sierra de Santa Marta.
• These white-fronted capuchins are polygamous. The male mounts the female, grabs her legs with his hind legs, and copulates with her for a few minutes.
• Santa Marta white-fronted Capuchins are found in large groups of up to 35 individuals.
• Adult males are remarkably tolerant of each other in a group but are very aggressive towards males in other groups.
• Perhaps the most important representation is the branch-break behavior performed by all group members. For example, even infants break small branches (or twigs) and knock them to the ground.