White-faced Capuchin Monkey
by Gary Keesler
Title
White-faced Capuchin Monkey
Artist
Gary Keesler
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Photograph - Framed Prints, Portrait Framed Prints Posters, Canvas Print Photographs, Framed Print Photographs
Description
In the wild, the white-headed capuchin is versatile, living in many different types of forest, and eating many different types of food, including fruit, other plant material, invertebrates, and small vertebrates. It lives in troops that can exceed 20 animals and include both males and females.
Native to the forests of Central America and the extreme north-western portion of South America, the white-headed capuchin is important to rainforest ecology for its role in dispersing seeds and pollen.
It is noted for its tool use, including rubbing plants over its fur in an apparent use of herbal medicine, and also using tools as weapons and for getting to food. It is a long-lived monkey, with a maximum recorded age of over 54 years.
The range of capuchin monkeys includes Central America and South America as far south as northern Argentina.
The word capuchin derives from a group of friars named the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, an result 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.
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August 29th, 2013
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Irina Sztukowski
I wonder what he is thinking!! Great composition and wonderful artistic touch. Well deserved v55
Gary Keesler replied:
Hi Irina, Thank You so much for the v55, and I hope you know just how much I value your opinion. I'm learning so much here just by watching you and some of the others and appreciate it when someone take the time to place wonderful comments. I am honored to have have your friendship on FAA, Thanks Again!