Cebus cesarae Hershkovitz 1949
Creators: name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Anthony B. Rylands
name: Don E. Wilson
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Cebidae
Cebus
Cebus cesarae

description: 24.
Rio Cesar White-fronted Capuchin
Cebus cesarae
French: Sapajou du Cesar / German: Rio-Cesar-Kapuzineraffe / Spanish: Capuchino del César
Taxonomy. Cebus cesarae Hershkovitz, 1949,
Rio Guaimaral, a channel of the Rio César Department of Magdalena, Colombia, elevation 140 m.
Includes as a junior synonym the form C. albifrons pleet named by Hershkovitz in 1949, which was described from swamplands of the western bank of the Rio Magdalena near the village of Norosi at the base of the northern extremity of the Cordillera Central, Mompos, Bolivar Department, Colombia, elevation ¢.50 m. Phylogenetic analysis of the white-fronted capuchins carried out by M. Ruiz-Garcia and coworkers in 2010 found pleei and cesarae to be closely related. C. P. Groves placed the forms cesarae and pleer as junior synonyms of C. albifrons versicolor. Monotypic.
Distribution. N Colombia, in the Rio César Valley, W into S & E slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the E part of the Magdalena Department, up to 500 m above sea level.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 34:8-40.7 cm (males) and 35.3-38.5 cm (females), tail 41:9-49.5 cm (males) and 46.1-50 cm (females). No specific data are available for body weight. The Rio Cesar White-fronted Capuchin is the palest of the northern Colombian and Venezuelan white-fronted capuchins. Hairs on sides of the face, superciliary band, chin, throat, sides of neck, and around the ears are cartridge buff. The cap is cinnamon or snuff brown-orangey. Middle of the back, forearms, and forelegs are orangey and contrasted with sides of back and trunk. Hairs of belly and chest are ocherous-orange to pale ocherous-buff and silvery, contrasting with the pale area on the front extending over variable amounts of upper surfaces of shoulders and the inner sides of upper arms. Uppersurface of the tail is frosted cinnamon-brown.
Habitat. Dry semi-deciduous forest patches and gallery forest and mangroves in a region that is largely deforested.
Food and Feeding. There is no information available for this species.
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Activity patterns. There is no information available for this species.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix II. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red Lust (as C. albifrons cesarae). The Rio Cesar White-fronted Capuchin occurs in Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta and Los Flamencos fauna and flora sanctuaries, and probably also in Macuira National Natural Park.
Bibliography. Defler (2003b, 2004), Hernandez-Camacho & Cooper (1976), Hershkovitz (1949). Hill (1960), Freese & Oppenheimer (1981).
description: Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Cebidae, pp. 348-413 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 411, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6628559