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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Grouping New World monkey
Observation Number (Open Context) 4
Subspecies Cebus capucinus
Common name Colombian white-faced capuchin
Period of study March - April 1994
Country or Region Costa Rica
Method Instantaneous scan sampling
Wet season May - November
Dry season December - May (Chapman & Fedigan 1990)
Environment Natural forest accounts for 70% of the environment (with natural upland dry, lowland evergreen, mangrove and beach-marine), 30% of the environment has been anthropogenically altered.
Altitude (m) Unknown
% Fruit 76.1
% Leaves 0.14
% Seeds 4.9
% Pith & stems 0.2
% Vertebrates 14.4
% Invertebrates 2.9
% Bark and cambium 0.01
% Other 1.2
Fruit availability peak Wet season
Low fruit availability Dry season
Percentages Based on time spent feeding
Notes Other includes nectar.
Reference Williams & Vaughan 2001
Scanning method Scan samples
Full Reference
Williams, H. E. and Vaughan, C. (2001). White-faced monkey (Cebus capucinus) ecology and management in neotropical agricultural landscapes during the dry season. Revista de Biología Tropical, 49 (3-4): 1199-1206. [Available at: ]
Suggested Citation

Rebecca Haywood. (2020) "New World monkey 4 from Americas/Costa Rica/Curu Wildlife Refuge, Nicoyan Peninsula in Puntarenas, Costa Rica". In Database of non-human primate dietary studies. Rebecca Haywood (Ed). Released: 2020-08-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/34cb8283-5699-493c-8da6-a89c782fef2c> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pg21t12

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