{{Short description|Species of New World monkey}} {{Speciesbox | name = Varied white-fronted capuchin | image = Cebus versicolor 71966409.jpg | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Link, A. |author2=Boubli, J.P. |author3=Lynch Alfaro, J.W. |date=2021 |title=''Cebus versicolor'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T39952A81282279 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T39952A81282279.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Cebus | species = versicolor | authority = (Pucheran, 1845) | range_map = | range_map_caption = }}
The '''varied white-fronted capuchin''' ('''''Cebus versicolor''''') is a species of gracile capuchin monkey from Colombia. It had been classified as a subspecies of the white-fronted capuchin (''C. albifrons'')<ref name=handbook>{{cite book|title=Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Volume 3, Primates|year=2013|isbn=978-84-96553-89-7|publisher=Lynx|editor=Mittermeier, Russell A. |editor2=Rylands, Anthony B. |editor3=Wilson, Don E.| author=Mittermeier, Russell A. |author2=Rylands, Anthony B. |page=411}}</ref> Genetic analysis by Jean Boubli in 2012 revealed it to be a separate species.<ref name=boubli>{{cite journal |title=Cebus Phylogenetic Relationships: A Preliminary Reassessment of the Diversity of the Untufted Capuchin Monkeys |author=Boubli, Jean P. |display-authors=et al |journal=American Journal of Primatology |volume=74 |issue=4 |year=2012 |pages=1–13 |doi=10.1002/ajp.21998 |pmid=22311697 |s2cid=12171529 |url=http://socgen.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CebusPhylogeneticRelationships.pdf |access-date=2018-12-30 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103046/http://socgen.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CebusPhylogeneticRelationships.pdf }}</ref><ref name=all>{{cite book|title=All the World's Primates|author=Jack, Katherine M.|editor=Rowe, Noel |editor2=Myers, Marc|page=293|year=2016|publisher=Pogonias Press|isbn=978-1-940496-06-1}}</ref> Some authors regard the Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin to be a subspecies of the varied white-fronted capuchin.<ref name=all/>
The varied white-fronted capuchin lives in lowland moist forest and in palm swamps in the Río Magdalena Valley of northern Colombia.<ref name=handbook/> It has reddish fur on its back, forearms and the front of its legs, contrasting with lighter fur overall.<ref name=all/> It has a dark brown crown on its head contrasting with light fur on the temples, forehead, chin, throat and on the sides of its face and neck.<ref name=all/> It has a head and body length between {{convert|45|and|50.5|cm|in|lk=on|abbr=on}} with a tail length of between {{convert|42|and|45.5|mm|in|lk=on|abbr=on}}.<ref name=handbook/>
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Category:Capuchin monkeys Category:Mammals of Colombia Category:Primates of South America Category:Mammals described in 1845 Category:Taxa named by Jacques Pucheran Category:Arboreal mammals