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title: "Black capuchin"
description: "Sapajus nigritus — Mammals. The black capuchin, also known as the black-horned capuchin, is a capuchin monkey from the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil and far north-eastern Argentina."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/black-capuchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black capuchin

> Sapajus nigritus — Mammals. The black capuchin, also known as the black-horned capuchin, is a capuchin monkey from the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil and far north-eastern Argentina.

- Scientific name: *Sapajus nigritus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 5044
- Wikidata: [Q24170509](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24170509)
- iNaturalist taxon: [410834](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/410834)

## Names

- en: Black capuchin
- de: Schwarzer Kapuziner
- es: Capuchino negro
- fr: Sapajou noir

## Countries with the most observations

BR (4012), AR (601)

## Summary

The black capuchin, also known as the black-horned capuchin, is a capuchin monkey from the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil and far north-eastern Argentina. Historically, it was included as a subspecies of the tufted capuchin.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_capuchin

## Photo

![Black capuchin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-capuchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paula Romano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232963132

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-capuchin?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).