Black capuchin
| Black capuchin | |
|---|---|
| Black capuchin in Argentina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cebidae |
| Genus: | Sapajus |
| Species: | S. nigritus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sapajus nigritus (Goldfuss, 1809) | |
| Combined range of S. n. nigritus and S. n. cucullatus. S. n. robustus is found just northeast of this range (see text). | |
The black capuchin (Sapajus nigritus), also known as the black-horned capuchin, is a capuchin monkey from the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil and far north-eastern Argentina. Historically, it was included as a subspecies of the tufted capuchin.