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title: "Central American White-faced Capuchin"
description: "Cebus imitator — Mammals. The Panamanian white-faced capuchin, also known as the Panamanian white-headed capuchin or Central American white-faced capuchin, is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/central-american-white-faced-capuchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Central American White-faced Capuchin

> Cebus imitator — Mammals. The Panamanian white-faced capuchin, also known as the Panamanian white-headed capuchin or Central American white-faced capuchin, is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae.

- Scientific name: *Cebus imitator*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 12728
- Wikidata: [Q31836365](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31836365)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1369296](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1369296)

## Names

- en: Central American White-faced Capuchin
- de: Panama-Kapuzineraffe
- es: Mono carablanca
- fr: Sapajou du Panama

## Countries with the most observations

CR (10739), PA (786), NI (167), HN (139)

## Summary

The Panamanian white-faced capuchin, also known as the Panamanian white-headed capuchin or Central American white-faced capuchin, is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae. Native to the forests of Central America, the white-faced capuchin is important to rainforest ecology for its role in dispersing seeds and pollen.

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

## Photo

![Central American White-faced Capuchin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/central-american-white-faced-capuchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68619944

## Machine access

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