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CAPUCHIN MONKEYS RESEARCH

These omnivorous neotropical monkeys of about 55cm in length and 3kg in weight, live in different biomes, from Caatinga to Atlantic forest, forming groups of about 25 individuals organized in tolerant hierarchies and female preference for alfa male.

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They are great theoretical models!​Having diverged from Old world monkeys about 35 millions years ago, capuchin monkeys present advanced cognitive characteristics such as elevated neocortex ratio, spontaneous tool use in wild, behavioral traditions and triadic awareness.
Capuchin monkeys are increasingly used as models for study of cognition and human evolution.

Major Threats:
​Deforestation and capture for house pet are major threats to these animals. Two out of 11 capuchin monkey species are listed as critically endangered by the IUCN red list: Sapajus flavius and S. xanthosternus.

To know more about our research with these smart monkeys, choose where you want to start: 

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Doctoral thesis:

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  • FINISHED: Individual differences and their relationship with health and behavior of captive-raised brown capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.). Guillermina Hernandez Cruz.

  • ONGOING: Social Networks and Pro-social Behavior in Children. Vanessa Carla Coelho de Lima.

  • Diacas, triadic relationships and collective movements in horses. 2011. Patricia Barbalho. 

  • Use of Tools by capuchin monkeys in mangroves. 2006. Ricardo Rodrigues dos Santos.

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Master’s thesis: 

 

  • ONGOING: Tese Living in the crowd: Influence of zoo visitors, social density and social interactions on cortisol levels in captive capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus). Ana Cecilia Correia Chagas.

  • ONGOING: Spatial choices by blond capuchin monkey (Sapajus flavius) in fragment of Atlantic Forest. Erick Allan dos Santos Silva.

  • ONGOING: Personality, Vocal Communication and Social Integration of Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus spp.). Raiane dos Santos Guidi.

  • ONGOING: The Traffic of capuchin monkeys in Rio Grande do Norte. Vitória Fernandes Nunes.

  • ONGOING: The horse (Equus caballus) in equestrianism? what is the relationship between your personality and performance?. Anna Carolina Nogueira Borzani.

  • Strategies for coping with stress in captive capuchin monkeys. 2019. Luis Guilherme Mesquita.

  • Validation of Fecal Cortisol Measurement of Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus spp). 2029. Ana Cecilia Correia Chagas.

  • Individual differences in the rehabilitation of captive Capuchin Monkeys. 2019. Felipe Haeberlin.

  • Facing Stress: A Behavioral and Physiological study in captive capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp). 2017. Vitor Hugo Bessa Ferreira.

  • Preference and food competition in a group of Sapajus flavius in a fragment of the Atlantic Forest of Caaporã Goiana, Paraíba, Brazil. 2015. Poliana Gabriele de Alves Souza Lins.

  • Participatory management or common tragedy: the case of RESEX Acaú-Goiana. 2015. Luciana Varella.

  • Behavioural Profiles of Captive Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus spp): analyses at group and individual levels. 2015. Carolina Cardorio.

  • Back to the wild: Welfare relocation of capuchin monkeys. 2016. Silvana Sita.

  • The juvenile period in prey monkeys (Sapajus spp): foraging skills and social networks. 2016. Vanessa Lima.

  • Grooming, stereotypy and social dynamics of a captive group of yellow-breasted monkeys, Cebus xanthosternos (Weid-Neuwied 1826) (PRIMATES: CEBIDAE) of Getulio Vargas Zoobotanical Park, Salvador-Bahia. 2011. Cristiano Carvalho Alves de Lima.

  • Optimization in the use of hammers and anvils to break seeds by monkeys (Cebus flavius and C. libidinosus) in the Caatinga Biome. 2010. Ricardo Almeida Emídio.

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Undergraduate thesis:

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  • Growing in captivity: behavioral pattern exhibited by juvenile Capuchin monkeys in rescue centers and zoos. 2017. Barbara Floripes

  • Growing in freedom: Development of Foraging behavior in immature Sapajus flavius in fragment of Atlantic Forest in Caaporã-PB. 2017. Clayton Emerson Jeronimo.

  • Changing home: Effect of room change and group composition on the behavioral pattern of monkey-monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus). 2017. Bianca Koether.  

  • What I do, what you see, what I answer: Using different methods of measuring personality in Captive-captive monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus). 2017. Vitória Fernandes Nunes

  • Behavioral change after group modification in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) 2012. Renato Bezerra Jeronimo.

  • Stereotyped behaviors in captive capuchin monkeys at CETAS - PB. 2008. Talita Guimarães de Araújo.

  • Changes in pattern of alliances and grooming in a captive group of monkey-capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). 2002. Michele Verderane.

  • Budget of capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) activities in captivity in the Tiete Ecological Park. 2002. Anderson Palmeira de Souza.

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