Brown weeper capuchin


The Brown weeper capuchin or Venezuelan brown capuchin is a species of gracile capuchin monkey from Venezuela. It had previously been considered to be synonymous with the Guianan weeper capuchin but genetic analysis by Jean Boubli revealed it to be a separate species. Following Boubli, Mittermeier and Rylands recognized the Trinidad white-fronted capuchin to be synonymous with the brown weeper capuchin, but other authors such as the IUCN regard that as a separate species C. trinitatis.
The brown weeper capuchin has brown, thick fur with a dark wedge on the forehead and lighter face, cheeks and chin. Its head and body are about with a tail. It lives in various types of forest in the Cordillera de la Costa in northern Venezuela, in dry semi-deciduous forests and gallery forests in the Western Venezuelan Llanos, as well as in Trinidad.
Trinidad white-fronted capuchins have been observed using leaves as cups to drink water from tree cavities. The leaves used were modified before by changing the shape of the leaf. The leaves are discarded after one use, meaning that a different leaf is used for repeat visits. These observations suggest that, like the common chimpanzee, wild capuchins demonstrate tool manufacture and use in foraging-related contexts.