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title: "Sapajou unicolore"
description: "Cebus unicolor — Mammifères. Spix's white-fronted capuchin (Cebus unicolor) is a species of gracile capuchin monkey."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/spix-s-white-fronted-capuchin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sapajou unicolore

> Cebus unicolor — Mammifères. Spix's white-fronted capuchin (Cebus unicolor) is a species of gracile capuchin monkey.

- Scientific name: *Cebus unicolor*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammifères)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 202
- Wikidata: [Q60789225](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60789225)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1369293](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1369293)

## Names

- en: Spix's white-fronted capuchin
- de: Spix-Kapuzineraffe
- fr: Sapajou unicolore
- it: Cebo monocolore

## Countries with the most observations

BR (150), BO (6), PE (5)

## Summary

Spix's white-fronted capuchin (Cebus unicolor) is a species of gracile capuchin monkey.  It had previously been classified as a subspecies of the Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (C. albifrons).  Following genetic studies by Boubli, et al, Mittermeier and Ryland elevated it to a full species.
Spix's white-fronted capuchin has a wide range within the upper Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru.  It also occurs in northern Bolivia.  It has a head and body length between 36.5 and 37.5 cm (14.4 and 14.8 in) and a tail length of between 42 and 46 cm (17 and 18 in).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spix%27s_white-fronted_capuchin

## Photo

![Sapajou unicolore](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spix-s-white-fronted-capuchin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/287285992

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spix-s-white-fronted-capuchin?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).