Cebus olivaceus Schomburgk 1848

Cebus olivaceus Schomburgk 1848, Reise Brit. Guiana, Vol. 2: 247.

Type Locality: Venezuela, Bolivar, southern base of Mt. Roraima, 930 m.

Vernacular Names: Weeper Capuchin.

Synonyms: Cebus annellatus Gray 1865; Cebus apiculatus Elliot 1907; Cebus brunneus J. A. Allen 1914; Cebus castaneus I. Geoffroy 1851; Cebus leporinus Pusch 1941; Cebus nigrivittatus Wagner 1848; Cebus pucheranii Dahlbom 1856 .

Distribution: Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam, N Brazil, Venezuela, perhaps N Colombia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: C. capucinus species group. Replaces nigrivittatus; see Husson (1978:223). Mittermeier and Coimbra-Filho (1981) queried the distinction of this species from C. capucinus .