page_title: List of Central American monkey species
section_title: Key
hierarchical_section_title: List of Central American monkey species / Key
caption_attribution_description: Wild Capuchin monkey (Cebus imitator), on a tree near a river bank in the jungles of Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Taken by Storkk. Note on identification Per Cebus capucinus Wikipedia page, "until the 21st century the Panamanian white-faced capuchin, Cebus imitator, was considered conspecific with the Colombian white-faced capuchin, as the subspecies C. capucinus imitator." [1]. This image was labelled as Cebus capucinus between the time of its upload (2006-11-08) and 2020-04-01. However, given that this was in Costa Rica, it was clearly a Cebus imitator, now that the taxonomical hierarchy has been updated.
context_page_description: At least seven monkey species are native to Central America. An eighth species, the Coiba Island howler is often recognized, but some authorities treat it as a subspecies of the mantled howler. A ninth species, the black-headed spider monkey is also often recognized, but some authorities regard it as a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey. In addition, two species of white-faced capuchin monkey have been generally recognized since the 2010s although some primatologists consider these to be a single species. Taxonomically, all Central American monkey species are classified as New World monkeys, and they belong to four families. Five species belong to the family Atelidae, which includes the howler monkeys, spider monkeys, woolly monkeys and muriquis. Three species belong to the family Cebidae, the family that includes the capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys. One species each belongs to the night monkey family, Aotidae, and the tamarin and marmoset family, Callitrichidae.
  Geoffroy's spider monkey is the only monkey found in all seven Central American countries, and it is also found in Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico.
caption: The Panamanian white-faced capuchin is found in four Central American countries.
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