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White-faced capuchin in Costa Rica
Of monks and monkeys
With its cream-coloured head and shoulders and dark brown lower body, this fluffy white-faced capuchin has a look that's not unlike your foamy cappuccino. The similar naming is no coincidence, as both are named for the Capuchin order of friars who wear distinctive coffee-coloured robes. As far as monkeys go, the term encompasses dozens of New World species and subspecies across two genera, all native to Central and South America.
Of monks and monkeys
With its cream-coloured head and shoulders and dark brown lower body, this fluffy white-faced capuchin has a look that's not unlike your foamy cappuccino. The similar naming is no coincidence, as both are named for the Capuchin order of friars who wear distinctive coffee-coloured robes. As far as monkeys go, the term encompasses dozens of New World species and subspecies across two genera, all native to Central and South America.
These New World monkeys take their name from an Old World order of brown-robed friars.
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