Editing Capuchin monkey (section)

== Threats ==

Capuchin monkeys are threatened by deforestation, the [[Pet monkey|pet trade]], and humans hunting for bushmeat.<ref name=iucn/> According to the [[IUCN Red List|IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]], nearly all species are decreasing in population, with many facing threats of extinction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 26, 2024 |title=Search for "Capuchin" |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?query=Capuchin&searchType=species |access-date=August 26, 2024 |website=IUCN Red List Threatened Species}}</ref> Since capuchins have a high reproductive rate and can adapt to different living environments, they can survive forest loss more than some other species; however, [[habitat fragmentation]] is still a threat.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Sanz | first1 = V | last2 = Márquez | first2 = L | year = 1994 | title = Conservación del mono capuchino de Margarita (''Cebus apella margaritae'') en la Isla de Margarita, Venezuela | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263965664| journal = Neotropical Primates | volume = 2 | issue = 2| pages = 5–8 | doi = 10.62015/np.1994.v2.203 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Predators include jaguars, cougars, [[jaguarundi]]s, coyotes, [[tayra]]s, snakes, crocodiles, birds of prey, and humans. The main predator of the [[tufted capuchin]] is the [[harpy eagle]], which has been seen bringing several capuchin back to its nest.<ref name=Fragaszy>{{cite book|author1=Fragaszy, Dorothy M. |author2=Visalberghi, Elisabetta |author3=Fedigan, Linda M. |title=The Complete Capuchin: The Biology of the Genus ''Cebus''|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6TmtS_qOwgC|date=21 June 2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-66768-5|page=5}}</ref>