Friars Minor
by Gary Keesler
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Friars Minor
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Gary Keesler
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The capuchin monkeys are New World monkeys of the subfamily Cebinae. Preceding to 2011, the subfamily contained only aparticular genus, Cebus. Though, in 2011 it was proposed to split the capuchin monkeys between the gracile capuchins in the genus Cebus and the robust capuchins in the genus Sapajus. The range of capuchin monkeys includes Central America and South America as far south as northern Argentina.
The word capuchin derives from a cluster of friars named the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, an offshoot from the Franciscans, who wear brown robes with large hoods covering their heads. When explorers reached the Americas in the 15th century they found small monkeys who resembled these friars and named them capuchins
When the scientists described a specimen (thought to be a Golden-bellied capuchin) they noted that: "his muzzle of a tanned color,... with the lighter color around his eyes that melts into the white at the front, his cheeks..., provided him the looks that involuntarily reminds us of the appearance that historically in our country represents ignorance, laziness, and sensuality. The scientific name of the genus, Cebus, on the other hand, arrives from the Greek word kêbos, meaning a long-tailed monkey.
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