Capuchin+Monkey

Capuchin Monkey (//Cebus capucinus//)
//Cebus capucinus//
 * Domain || Eukaryote ||
 * Kingdom || Animalia ||
 * Phylum || Chordata ||
 * Class || Mammalia ||
 * Order || Primates ||
 * Family || Cebidae ||
 * Genus || Cebus ||
 * Species || //Cebus capucinus// ||

Habitat
You can find Capuchin Monkeys in Central America and South America. They live in the tropical rainforest were it is cool weather. In the rainforest there are a lot of flora such as different kind of plants and trees. They usually live together in a group with about 10-35 other monkeys. The adult male is in charge of chasing away any enemy that come near by. The adult females some times join them by chasing away the enemys if there not bust taking care of there young ones. They try there best to find food and they have various calls to communicate. They like to scream, whislte, and bark at each other. When not looking for food they sleep on branches and only come down to look for water. They also play wit h each other and groom each other to make sure they are clean. In order to mark there territories they soak there hands and feet in urine.

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Physiology
Capuchin monkeys have well adapted over time. The tail is about 22 inches and is longer than the body. They use this long tail to hang from trees while they find food and eat. They have built a rubust jaw which means it is strongly built for eating larger fruits. They also have well developed legs which allow them to jump nine feet from one plays to another.

Bone structure of a Capuchin monkey.

Species Interactions
Like any other animal, Capuchin monkeys have enemys as well. There enemys are eagles, snakes, jaguars, and more. Even though they have a lot of enemys they are not endangered but if deforestation continues than they will be. There interactions with humans is good and bad. Some humans treat these animals horrible by taking down there homes (forest). Others have them in pets in which they care for the Capuchin monkey and treat them as if they were a kid.

Reproduction
Capuchin monkeys are known to mate year around. At the age of eight males reach maturity and at the age of four females reach maturity. The females can only have one baby at a time but some times they do have twins. They usually reproduce babies two times a year and there usually born in Frebruary to May. During the first week of birth they spend time on there mothers back and only get off to eat. When it reaches six months of age they are considered almost fully grown. Capuchin monkeys can live as long as 50 years old.

Owning a Capuchin monkey
Keeping a Capuchin monkey as a pet is a lof of work and a lot of effort to take care of it. Some things you need to own a Capuchin monkey is making sure it is legal to own it or a paper saying that you can. You would also need a cage, food, and toys for it to play. What you should feed your Capuchin monkey is fruit, cooked and raw vegetables, seeds, nuts, and wheat bread. They might also like insects so you may also feed them bugs. When buying toys for a Capuchin monkey you have to make sure it is safe. If the toy is approved for toddlers than it is fine to give it to your monkey. Make sure the monkeys gets a lot of exercise by taking it for walks with a leash.

Capuchin monkeys are often trained to help those who are disabled. They train these monkeys and teach them how to do various jobs such as opening a can, brushing hair, opening doors, serving food, and much more. How they train them is when they are little they teach them the basics with toys like how to put a ball in a cup. After they master doing that than they apply it with daily object like putting some thing away in a drower. Not only is the monkey a helper for the disabled person but it is a companion when no one is there. Not only is this a great way for the disable's to get help but it allows them to be a little more independent.

The above photo is a Capuchin monkey helping a disabled person eat.



In this photo a Capuchin monkey is putting a CD in.

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