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Pockets Warhol (born 1992) is a capuchin monkey, and one of 24 residents (as of 2023-08-03) at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary near Sunderland, Ontario, Canada. [1] Pockets came to media attention in 2011 when the sanctuary held a fundraiser featuring 40 paintings by the monkey.
The capuchin monkeys (/ ˈ k æ p j ʊ (t) ʃ ɪ n /) are New World monkeys of the subfamily Cebinae. They are readily identified as the "organ grinder" monkey, and have been used in many movies and television shows. The range of capuchin monkeys includes some tropical forests in Central America and South America as far south as northern Argentina.
The most recent classification of New World monkeys again splits the callitrichids off, leaving only the capuchins and squirrel monkeys in this family. [3] White-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons) Subfamily Cebinae (capuchin monkeys) Genus Cebus (gracile capuchin monkeys) Colombian white-faced capuchin or Colombian white-headed capuchin, Cebus ...
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Like other monkeys in the genus Cebus, the Panamanian white-faced capuchin is named after the order of Capuchin friars – the cowls of these friars closely resemble the monkey's head coloration. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The Panamanian white-faced capuchin has mostly black fur, with white to yellow like fur on the neck, throat, chest, shoulders, and upper ...
The Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin lives in dry semi-deciduous forest, gallery forest and mangroves. [2] Its fur is light colored. [ 2 ] Males have a head and body length between 30.8 and 40.7 cm (12.1 and 16.0 in ) with a tail length of between 41.9 and 49.5 cm (16.5 and 19.5 in ). [ 2 ]
Like other monkeys in the genus Cebus, the Colombian white-faced capuchin is named after the order of Capuchin friars because the cowls of these friars closely resemble the monkey's head coloration. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The coloration is black on the body, tail, legs and the top of the head, with white chest, throat, face, shoulders and upper arms. [ 3 ]
Albert I – (rhesus monkey) the first primate and first mammal launched on a rocket (a June 18, 1948 V-2 flight), although it did not reach space. Albert II – (rhesus monkey) the first primate and first mammal in space, June 14, 1949. Died upon hitting the ground due to a parachute failure