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With an average length of (head and body) 13 - 22.5 inches and it's tails about the same length, and a weight of 4-8 pounds, the Capuchin features can be described as nimble and slender bodied with thin limbs. It's toes and thumbs are opposable to the other fingers and toes. 

A round shape head with short hairs, which are darker than the rest of it's coat and it's partly prehensile tail. Hidden among the dense arboreal vegetation of  the Chaguaramas forest, these monkeys dwell in relatively large groups or troops. They descend to the ground when they are looking for water. These monkey troops from a family of 2 to as many as 40 primates move around in search of the most abundant feeding grounds. They stay in contact with their members by calling each other. They leave a scent amount the foliage of the trees by soaking their feet and hands in their urine (urine-washing), this is how they keep a sense of direction as well as mark their territories. 

Capuchins feed on fruit, insects, leaves, small birds and on rare occasions on other small mammals. Capuchins   

Scientific Name - Cebus albifrons

Common Name - Capuchin

Class: Mammalia

Order: Primate

Genus: Celous

( Omnivorous )

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