Sapajus robustus
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
Sapajus
Sapajus robustus

description: 10.
Crested Capuchin
Sapajus robustus
French: Sapajou robuste / German: Schopfkapuzineraffe / Spanish: Capuchino crestado
Other common names: Robust Tufted Capuchin
Taxonomy. Cebus robustus Kuhl, 1820,
Morro da Arara, north of the Rio Mucuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
C. P. Groves in 2001 considered this form to be a subspecies of Cebus nigritus. Monotypic.
Distribution. SE Brazil, from the Rio Jequitinhonha in the S of Bahia State S to the rios Doce and Suacui Grande in Espirito Santo State and the E part of Minas Gerais State, E of the Serra do Espinhaco.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 42-56 cm (males) and 33-44 cm (females), tail 43— 56 cm; weight 1.3-4.8 kg. The Crested Capuchin is very dark wood-brown or blackish above and on the limbs, with a trace of a dorsal stripe. Underparts are deep maroonred or yellowish, and forearms, hands, lower legs, and feet are very dark brown to black. The face is dark grayish, with some white hairs on the forehead and temples. Crown tufts are tall and conical.
Habitat. Tropical lowland and submontane forest, and dry semi-deciduous forest in the caatinga xeric scrub region of the middle Rio Jequitinhona and, farther inland, in forest patches in the cerrado (bush savanna), east of the Serra do Espinhaco.
Food and Feeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but the diet presumably includes fruits, seeds, buds, flowers, invertebrates, and small vertebrates.
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. Crested Capuchins live in groups of 8-10 individuals, with 1-3 adult males. Small groups of about four individuals are believed to be a result of hunting. Densities are always low at ¢.0-2 groups/km?. Population surveys in the Espirito Santo State protected areas indicate densities and total populations of 0-6 ind/km?® and ¢.4766 individuals in Linhares Forest Reserve, 1-5 ind/km* and ¢.2987 individuals in Sooretama Biological Reserve, 1 ind/km?* and c.150 individuals in Corrego do Veado Biological Reserve, and 0-6 ind/km” and ¢.62 individuals in Corrego Grande Biological Reserve.
Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix II. Classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List (as Cebus robustus). Hunting of Crested Capuchins for food and pets and widespread destruction and fragmentation of their forests for agriculture, cattle ranching and eucalyptus plantations are the reasons for its endangered status. Less than 9% of the forest in the Espirito Santo State remains and the large majority of remnants are small patches of less than 1000 ha. The future of the Crested Capuchin lies in the permanence of the protected areas in its distribution: Linhares Forest Reserve of the Vale do Rio Doce mining company and Sooretama, Corrego do Veado, and Corrego Grande federal biological reserves in Espirito Santo State and Acaua State Ecological Station in Minas Gerais State.
Bibliography. Chiarello (1995b), Chiarello & de Melo (2001), Fragaszy, Fedigan & Visalberghi (2004), Fragaszy, Visalberghi et al. (2004), Freese & Oppenheimer (1981), Groves (2001), Hill (1960), Martins (2005, 2008), Oliver & Santos (1991), Pinto (1941), Rylands, da Fonseca et al. (1996), Rylands, Kierulff & Mittermeier (2005), Torres (1988).
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 400, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6628559