The Ecuadorian capuchin (Cebus aequatorialis), or Ecuadorian white-fronted capuchin is a species of gracile capuchin monkey of the family Cebidae. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the white-fronted capuchin (C. albifrons).[2] Mittermeier and Rylands elevated it to a separate species in 2013.[3][4] The primary physical distinction between C. albifrons and C. aequatorialis is their coloration.[1] Due to low density and distribution researchers have not been able to make a confident molecular genetic assessment of the C. aequatorialis population, but assign it species status based on geographical isolation, morphological characteristics, and the phylogenetic species concept.[1] The location range of the Ecuadorian Capuchin is from Western lowland Ecuador to North West Peru.[1] The conservation status of the Ecuadorian Capuchin was originally near threatened but was revised in 2008 by the IUCN to critically endangered due to the population's rapid decline.[1] Anthropogenic factors such as habitat fragmentation from rapid deforestation, creation of agricultural lands, and persecution from farmers are to blame for the species' critically endangered status.[5]
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^"White-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons)". ARKive. Archived from the original on 2009-12-16. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
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^Jack, Katherine M. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. p. 281. ISBN 9781940496061.
^Tleimat, Jacquelyn Marie (August 2021). "Monitoring the habitat and spatial associations of two threatened primates along a conservation area in western Ecuador". Texas State University.
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