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Taxon: Genus Cebus Erxleben, 1777 - capuchins (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Erxleben, 1777:44.
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Etymology

Derived name: Cebidichthys (Genus) Ayres, 1855 Ref: Ayres, W.O. 1854(1855). Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. [1] 1 (1), (Jul 1855): 59 ("resemblance to several of the American monkeys"); 30 Aug 2025. [new] [inferred]

Types

Type of: Cebidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]
Type of: Cebinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1831 Ref: E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000: xxvi. [inferred]
Type of: Ceboidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1831 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 416). [inferred]

Variants

Different spelling: Gebus (Genus) Graumann, 1778 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: rolapen
: kapucijnapen
: kapucijnerapen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: capuchins
: ring-tail monkeys
: capuchin monkeys
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