HOODED CAPUCHIN Sapajus cay
The Hooded Capuchin or Mono Ka´i (pronounced KA-EE) is the commonest, most widespread and most often encountered of the eastern Paraguayan monkeys, subsisting even in highly degraded forest environments when not persecuted. Like other monkeys they live in groups, with a single dominant male bagging the mating rights! Capuchins are arboreal, diurnal, omnivores and are considered a pest of corn crops in some areas. Wild caught monkeys are often kept as pets.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM374PH) Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM375PH) Adult female, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM376PH) Adult female and juvenile, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE  - (FPMAM378PH) Front view of skull from PROCOSARA museum, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2006).
FIGURE 5 - (FPMAM379PH) Upperside of same skull (Paul Smith February 2006).
VIDEO A - (FPMAM380VI) Adult, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August 2006)
VIDEO B - (FPMAM890VI) Adult male at dusk, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
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1 Contact noises  (FPMAM381RE) recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007).
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