ability to repeat successes, coupled with its complex repertoire of behavioral events helps to explain the tufted capuchin's extensive repertoire of innovative behaviors besides tool use. Distribution and habitat This species lives in the northern Amazon rainforest of the Guyanas, Venezuela and Brazil and to the west of the Rio Negro, as far north as the Orinoco in Venezuela. It is also found in eastern Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, including the upper Andean Magdalena valley in Colombia. An introduced breeding population is well established in the northwestern peninsula of the island of Trinidad in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The subspecies/population on Margarita Island in Venezuela, S. a. margaritae, is considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List. It can be found in a large variety of forest types, mainly in tropical rainforests (up till a height of 2700 m), but also in more open forests. The distribution overlaps with that of other species of capuchins, such as the white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons). References Further reading Notes on the taxonomy and distributions of the tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus, Cebidae) of South America Janson, Charles H. (2001) "Capuchin-like Monkeys". in: MacDonald, D. (red.), The New Encyclopedia of Mammals, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 344–353. Nowak, R.M. (1999) Walker's Primates of the World. Baltimore & London: the Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 113–115. External links Information about tufted capuchins at Animal Diversity Web Primate Info Net Cebus apella Factsheet Associação Mãe-da-lua Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) tufted capuchin Mammals of the Caribbean Mammals of Suriname Mammals of Brazil Mammals of Guyana Mammals of French Guiana Mammals of Trinidad and Tobago Mammals of Venezuela Mammals of Colombia Mammals of Ecuador Mammals of Bolivia Mammals of Peru Tool-using mammals tufted capuchin tufted capuchin Primates of South America