Taxonomic Swap 18245 (Committed on 2016-11-29)

Looks like the IUCN Redlist recently incorporated splitting Sapajus off from Cebus: "Silva Jr (2001, 2002) argued that the tufted capuchins and the untufted capuchins (sensuHershkovitz 1949, 1955) are so distinct in their morphology that they should be considered separate genera. Cebus Erxleben, 1777 for the untufted group, and Sapajus Kerr, 1792 is the name available for the tufted capuchins." Cebus libidinosus is in the tufted group

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ... (Citation)
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Added by loarie on November 29, 2016 08:57 AM | Committed by loarie on November 29, 2016
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