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Azaras's capuchin

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Cebidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Primates

Subfamily
  
Cebinae

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Similar
  
Large‑headed capuchin, Black‑striped capuchin, Crested capuchin, Black capuchin, Blond capuchin

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.

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Azaras's capuchin Wikipedia