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title: "Weeper Capuchin"
description: "Cebus olivaceus — Mammals. The wedge-capped capuchin or Guianan weeper capuchin (Cebus olivaceus) is a capuchin monkey from South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/weeper-capuchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Weeper Capuchin

> Cebus olivaceus — Mammals. The wedge-capped capuchin or Guianan weeper capuchin (Cebus olivaceus) is a capuchin monkey from South America.

- Scientific name: *Cebus olivaceus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 159
- Wikidata: [Q169682](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169682)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43430](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43430)

## Names

- en: Weeper Capuchin
- de: Brauner Kapuzineraffe
- es: Capuchino llorón
- fr: Sapajou pleureur
- nl: Treurkapucijnaap
- pl: Kapucynka oliwkowa

## Countries with the most observations

VE (46), GY (34), BR (14), TT (10)

## Summary

The wedge-capped capuchin or Guianan weeper capuchin (Cebus olivaceus) is a capuchin monkey from South America. It is found in northern Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. Cebus olivaceus is known to dwell in tall, primary forest and travel over long distances during the day.
These primates are medium-sized monkeys with distinctive "wedge cap" markings on their head and slightly longer limbs than other capuchins for jumping through the forest canopy.  Similar to other capuchin monkeys, the diet of wedge-capped capuchin primarily consists of fruits, invertebrates, other plant parts, and on rare occasions small vertebrates…

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

## Photo

![Weeper Capuchin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/weeper-capuchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Janekvorik · Public domain · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43430

## Machine access

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