Editing Cebidae

{{Short description|Family of New World monkeys}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Cebidae <ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=129-139|id=12100178}}</ref><ref name=SAP>{{cite book |vauthors=Rylands AB, Mittermeier RA| title = South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation | chapter = The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini) | publisher = Springer |veditors=Garber PA, Estrada A, Bicca-Marques JC, Heymann EW, [[Karen B. Strier|Strier KB]] | isbn = 978-0-387-78704-6 | year = 2009}}</ref>
| taxon = Cebidae
| authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1831
| fossil_range = [[Late Oligocene]]<ref>{{cite journal | author = Takai, M | title = New fossil materials of the earliest new world monkey, ''Branisella bolivians'', and the problem of platyrrhine origins. | journal = American Journal of Physical Anthropology |date=February 2000 | volume = 111 | issue = 2 | pages = 263–81 | doi = 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200002)111:2<263::AID-AJPA10>3.0.CO;2-6 | pmid = 10640951|display-authors=etal}}</ref> to present
| image = Capuchin Costa Rica.jpg
| image_caption = [[Panamanian white-faced capuchin]] (''Cebus imitator'')
| type_genus = ''[[Cebus]]''
| type_genus_authority = [[Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben|Erxleben]], 1777
| subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]]
| subdivision = 
* ''[[Cebus]]''
* ''[[Saimiri]]''
* ''[[Sapajus]]''
}}

The '''Cebidae''' are one of the five [[family (biology)|families]] of [[New World monkeys]] now recognised. Extant members are the [[capuchin monkey|capuchin]] and [[squirrel monkey]]s.<ref name=SAP/> These species are found throughout tropical and subtropical [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]].

==Characteristics==
Cebid monkeys are [[arboreal]] animals that only rarely travel on the ground. They are generally small monkeys, ranging in size <!--from the [[pygmy marmoset]], with a head-body length of 17 to 19 cm, and a weight of 120 to 190 grams,--> up to that of the [[brown capuchin]], with a body length of 33 to 56&nbsp;cm, and a weight of 2.5 to 3.9 kilograms. They are somewhat variable in form and coloration, but all have the wide, flat, noses typical of New World monkeys.

They are [[omnivore|omnivorous]], mostly eating fruit and insects, although the proportions of these foods vary greatly between species. They have the [[dentition|dental formula]]:{{DentalFormula|upper=2.1.3.2-3|lower=2.1.3.2-3}}

Females give birth to one or two young after a [[gestation]] period of between 130 and 170 days, depending on species. They are social animals, living in groups of between five and forty individuals, with the smaller species typically forming larger groups. They are generally [[Diurnality|diurnal]] in habit.<ref name=EoM>{{cite book|editor= Macdonald, D.|author1= Janson, C.H.|author2= Rylands, A.B.|year= 1984|title= The Encyclopedia of Mammals|publisher= Facts on File|location= New York|pages= [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofma00mals_0/page/342 342–361]|isbn= 0-87196-871-1|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofma00mals_0/page/342}}</ref>

==Classification==
{{see also|List of platyrrhines}}
Previously, New World monkeys were divided between [[Callitrichidae]] and this family. For a few recent years, [[marmoset]]s, [[tamarin]]s, and [[lion tamarin]]s were placed as a subfamily (Callitrichinae) in Cebidae, while moving other genera from Cebidae into the families [[Aotidae]], [[Pitheciidae]] and [[Atelidae]].<ref name=msw3/> The most recent classification of New World monkeys again splits the callitrichids off, leaving only the capuchins and squirrel monkeys in this family.<ref name=SAP/>

[[File:Cebus albifrons edit.jpg|thumb|200px|[[White-fronted capuchin]] (''Cebus albifrons'')]]
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* Subfamily [[Cebinae]] (capuchin monkeys)
** Genus ''[[Cebus]]'' (gracile capuchin monkeys)
*** [[Colombian white-faced capuchin]] or Colombian white-headed capuchin, ''Cebus capucinus''
*** [[Panamanian white-faced capuchin]] or Panamanian white-headed capuchin, ''Cebus imitator''
*** [[Marañón white-fronted capuchin]], ''Cebus yuracus''
*** [[Shock-headed capuchin]], ''Cebus cuscinus''
*** [[Spix's white-fronted capuchin]], ''Cebus unicolor''
*** [[Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin]], ''Cebus albifrons''
*** [[Guianan weeper capuchin]], ''Cebus olivaceus''
*** [[Chestnut capuchin]], ''Cebus castaneus''
*** [[Ka'apor capuchin]], ''Cebus kaapori''
*** [[Venezuelan brown capuchin]], ''Cebus brunneus''
*** [[Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin]], ''Cebus leucocephalus''
*** [[Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin]], ''Cebus cesare''
*** [[Varied white-fronted capuchin]], ''Cebus versicolor''
*** [[Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin]], ''Cebus malitiosus''
*** [[Ecuadorian white-fronted capuchin]], ''Cebus aequatorialis''
** Genus ''[[Sapajus]]'' (robust capuchin monkeys)
*** [[Tufted capuchin]], ''Sapajus apella''
*** [[Blond capuchin]], ''Sapajus flavius''
*** [[Black-striped capuchin]], ''Sapajus libidinosus''
*** [[Azaras's capuchin]], ''Sapajus cay''
*** [[Black capuchin]], ''Sapajus nigritus''
*** [[Crested capuchin]], ''Sapajus robustus''
*** [[Golden-bellied capuchin]], ''Sapajus xanthosternos''
* Subfamily [[Saimiriinae]] (squirrel monkeys)
** Genus ''[[Saimiri]]''
*** [[Bare-eared squirrel monkey]], ''Saimiri ustus''
*** [[Black squirrel monkey]], ''Saimiri vanzolinii''
*** [[Black-capped squirrel monkey]], ''Saimiri boliviensis''
*** [[Central American squirrel monkey]], ''Saimiri oerstedi''
*** [[Guianan squirrel monkey]], ''Saimiri sciureus''
*** [[Humboldt's squirrel monkey]], ''Saimiri cassiquiarensis''
*** [[Collins' squirrel monkey]], ''Saimiri collinsi''

==Extinct taxa==
*Genus ''[[Panamacebus]]''
**''[[Panamacebus transitus]]''
*Subfamily [[Cebinae]]
**Genus ''[[Acrecebus]]''
***''[[Acrecebus fraileyi]]''
**Genus ''[[Killikaike]]''
***''[[Killikaike blakei]]''
**Genus ''[[Dolichocebus]]''
***''[[Dolichocebus gaimanensis]]''
*Subfamily [[Saimiriinae]]
**Genus ''[[Saimiri]]''
***''[[Saimiri fieldsi]]''
***''[[Saimiri annectens]]''
**Genus ''[[Patasola (monkey)|Patasola]]''
***''[[Patasola magdalenae]]''

==References==
{{Wikispecies|Cebidae}}
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