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David M. Jensen (Storkk), CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Capuchin_Costa_Rica.jpg

IMAGE INFORMATION

The ring-tail monkey

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 28, 1792

Primary Source Reference:

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 28 Aug 1792

Notes:

Probably a species of Capuchin monkey in one of two genera, which have prehesile tails. The Panamanian white-headed capuchin (Cebus imitator) is pictured here.

Peale's Common Name:

Ring-tail monkey

Current Common Name:

Panamanian white-headed capuchin

Current Scientific Name

Cebus imitator