Cebus apella
The Spanish translation for monkey is Chango or Mono
The Spanish translation for Caupuchin Monkey is Chango Capuchino
Home: Tropical and mountain rain forests of South and Central America, Honduras to Brazil
Food: Fruit, leaves, bark, insects, small birds, lizards, amphibians and mammals
Size (length with tail & weight):
12 to
22 inches
3 to 8 pounds
Life Span: Up to 40 years
Capuchin Monkey Trivia:
- The darker hair on the head of the Capuchin Monkey
resembles the cowl of a Franciscan monk's habit, which is called a capucin.
Thus the name was given to the Capuchin Monkey.
- Capuchins are quick learners and have very good
memories.
- Capuchins are sometimes called Monkey Mechanics because
they can use simple hand tools.
- Capuchins are often used by organ grinders.
- Capuchins use many different sounds to communicate with
their groups. They live in troops of 5 to 30 monkeys.
Our Meet the Animals section includes research from the following websites:
The Austin Zoo's website: www.austinzoo.org.
Spanish translations courtesy of the Austin Zoo.
Rolling Hills Refuge Wildlife Conservation Center http://www.rhrwildlife.com/animbot.htm
The Birmingham Zoo http://www.birminghamzoo.com/
The WWW Virtual Library: Zoos http://zoonet.home.mindspring.com/www_virtual_lib/zoos.html
Photographs in Our Meet the Animals Section from PrintMaster Platinum v8.0 software.
Research on farm animals came primarily from http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/