White Faced Capuchin Monkey
Table of Content
Habitat pg 3
What they look like pg 4
Food pg 5
Babies/Young pg 6
Survival/Adaptations pg 7
Habitat
The capuchin monkey is commonly seen in Costa Rica. They are known as the white-faced monkey. These monkeys can be found in Central and South America. The capuchin live in troops of 10-30 monkeys. Capuchins spend most of their time in the treetops, peeling off bark in search of insects and other prey .
What They Look Like
Capuchin monkeys have small skinny bodies covered in brown and black fur. Their faces, necks and chests are a white or cream color. This is why they are called the white-faced monkey.
Their tails help them grab on to trees. These monkey spend most of their time high up in the trees swinging from branch to branch. Their tails help them climb and grab on to things.
These monkeys have sharp teeth to help them chew their food. If you make a capuchin angry it will bite you!
Food
Capuchin monkeys are omnivores and eat everything from insects to flowers and fruit. They perfer their fruit ripenedand will smell, squeeze or bite before they eat it.
Capuchins have often been known to eat bird eggs, crabs, and small lizards. They also like to drink water from tree holes.
These monkeys have been known to beg for food from humans. In Costa Rica, there are signs everywhere telling people to NOT feed the monkeys. This is because they do not want the monkeys to become dependent on humans to feed them.
Survival/Adaptation
In the wild, the capuchin are preyed on by boa constrictors and jaguars . If they are quick enough they can escape to the treetops These monkeys are not currently endangered of being extinct . The biggest threat to these monkeys is habitat destruction done by humans in the rainforest.