Cebus kaapori Queiroz 1992
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 kaapori

description: 21.
Ka’apor Capuchin
Cebus kaapori
French: Sapajou de Ka'apor / German: Ka'apor-Kapuzineraffe / Spanish: Capuchino de Ka'apor
Other common names: Kaapori Capuchin
Taxonomy. Cebus kaapori Queiroz, 1992,
Quadrant 7-1 km south-west of the Chaga-Tudo Prospection, Carutapera, near right bank of Rio Gurupi, Maranhao, Brazil (0° 30’ S, 47° 30° W).
This species is monotypic.
Distribution. NE Brazil (NE Para and NW Maranhao states); the precise distribution is unknown but is suspected to include an area of at least 15,000 km? from the Rio Tocantins in Para to the right bank of the Rio Grajau in Maranhao.
Descriptive notes. Head—body 37-46 cm, tail 40-55 cm; weight 3 kg (males) and 2-4 kg (females). The Ka’apor Capuchin is a gracile/untufted species with a long body compared with other species of Cebus. It is a grayish agouti brown, lighter on flanks. The face, shoulders, mantle, and tip of the tail are silvery-gray, limbs are agouti, and hands and feet are dark brown or black. The crown has a triangular black cap that extends to a dark stripe down the nose.
Habitat. Tall lowland terra firma forest below 200 m above sea level. The Ka’apor Capuchin has not been recorded in seasonally inundated forest or secondary forest. In Maranhao, its supposed distribution along the Rio Grajau indicates that it occurs in babassu palm (Orbignya) forest transitioning to the cerrado (bush savanna) of central Brazil.
Food and Feeding. There is so specific information available for this species, but the diet undoubtedly includes fruits, seeds, and insects.
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. The Ka’apor Capuchin is generally seen in small groups of 1-7 individuals and sometimes with groups of Black Bearded Sakis (Chiropotes satanas). No studies ofits behavior and ecology have been published.
Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix II. Classified as Critically Endangered on The IUCN Red List. The Ka’apor Capuchin is threatened by habitat loss and hunting. It is restricted to an area believed to be no more than 15,000 km* in the most densely populated region in the Brazilian Amazon Basin where more than 50% of the forest has been logged, clear-cut, and converted to farmland and pasture. Deforestation continues, and most of the remaining forests now comprise isolated, usually hunted and degraded patches on farmland. There are three indigenous areas in its distribution: Awa Indigenous Area (65,000 ha) and the Indian reservations of Alto Turiacu (530-5 ha) and Caru (175,000 ha). It is known to occur in two protected areas: Gurupi Biological Reserve and Lago de Tucurui Environmental Protection Area. A large part of the forest in Gurupi Biological Reserve has been logged and destroyed since its creation in 1988. A study by S. Ferrari and A. Lopes in 1996 found a density of 1 ind/km? in the Reserve. It would seem that the Ka’apor Capuchin is naturally rare; it is hunted and is susceptible to any, even light, disturbance, or degradation of its habitat. Its rarity may be related to competition with sympatric Guianan Brown Capuchins, and naturally low densities may come from the need for large home ranges.
Bibliography. Carvalho (2003), Carvalho et al. (1999), Cunha et al. (2007), Ferrari & Lopes (1996), Ferrari & Queiroz (1994), Groves (2001), Kierulff & de Oliveira (2008), Lopes & Ferrari (1996), Queiroz (1992), Silva (2001), Silva & Cerqueira (1998).
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 410, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6628559