Cebus olivaceus Schomburgk, 1848 . Reise Brit. Guiana, 2:247.

TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Bolivar, southern base of Mt. Roraima, 930 m .

DISTRIBUTION: Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam, N Brazil, Venezuela, N Colombia.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: amnellatus, apiculatus, barbatus, brunneus, castaneus, griseus, leporinus, nigrivittatus, pucheranii .

COMMENTS: Replaces nigrivittatus; see Husson (1978:223). Mittermeier and Coimbra-Filho (1981) queried the distinction of this species from C. capucinus .