Blond Capuchin
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The Blond Capuchin (Cebus queirozi) is a claimed new capuchin monkey species that was discovered in early 2006 by Zoology researchers from the Federal University in Pernambuco, near Recife, northeastern Brazil. [1]
Pontes said that "as soon as I saw the monkey with its golden-yellow hair and the white tiara on its head, I knew it was a new species." [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Mendes Pontes AR, Malta A & Asfora PH (2006). "A new species of capuchin monkey, genus Cebus Erxleben (Cebidae, Primates): found at the very brink of extinction in the Pernambuco Endemism Centre.". Zootaxa (1200): 1-12.
- ^ Michael Astor (May 18 2006). Scientists Claim New Monkey Species Found.
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