large-headed capuchin

{{Short description|Subspecies of New World monkey}}

{{Subspeciesbox

| name = Large-headed capuchin{{MSW3 Groves | pages = | id = 12100266}}

| image = Large-headed capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus) 3.jpg

| image_caption = Adult

| image2 = Large-headed_Capuchin_-_Sapajus_macrocephalus_(young).jpg

| image2_caption = Juvenile

| genus = Sapajus

| species = apella

| subspecies = macrocephalus

| authority = (Spix, 1823)

| range_map = Cebus macrocephalus distribution.png

| synonyms = Sapajus macrocephalus

}}

The large-headed capuchin (Sapajus apella macrocephalus) is a subspecies of the tufted capuchin monkey from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.{{cite iucn |author1=Rylands, A.B.|author2=Boubli, J.-P.|author3=Mittermeier, R.A.|author4=Stevenson, P.|author5=Palacios, E.|author6=de la Torre, S. | title = Sapajus macrocephalus | volume = 2015 | page = e.T42696A70613732 | year = 2015 | doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T42696A70613732.en}} It was formerly thought to be its own species (S. macrocephalus), but studies have found it to be a subspecies of the tufted capuchin.{{cite journal|title=How Different Are Robust and Gracile Capuchin Monkeys? An Argument for the Use of Sapajus and Cebus|author1=Lynch Alfaro, J.W. |author2=Silva, J.S. |author3=Rylands, A.B. |doi=10.1002/ajp.22007|pmid=22328205 |year=2012|pages=1–14|journal=American Journal of Primatology|volume=74 |issue=4 |s2cid=18840598 }}