The shock-headed capuchin (Cebus cuscinus) is a species of gracile capuchin monkey from Bolivia and Peru. It was previously classified as a subspecies of the Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (C. albifrons), but in 2013 Mittermeier and Rylands elevated it to a separate species, following genetic studies by Boubli et al. in 2012 and Lynch Alfaro et al. in 2010.[1] [2] [3]
The shock-headed capuchin lives in lowland and seasonally inundated forests of the upper Amazon Basin, as well as montane forests of the western Andes Mountains up to elevations of 1800m (5,900feet).[1] Males have a head and body length of about 40lk=onNaNlk=on with a tail length of about 44lk=onNaNlk=on.[1] Females have a head and body length between 39and with a tail length between 39and.[1]