The White Throated Capuchin monkey lives in the emergent layer of the rainforest. It eats a variety of foods including nuts, fruits, insects, and butterflies, which it finds by trapping them in flight or pulling bark from trees. It climbs trees to move and raise its young, caring for them until they are mature. Potential predators of the Capuchin include harpy eagles, birds, jaguars, and caimans. A distinguishing feature is that its tail is longer than its body.

1. White Throated
Capuchin
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2. What does it eat?
• It eats nuts, leaves, butterflies, insects, and
fruits.

3. How does it find its
food?
• They trap them in flight and they pull bark
from trees to catch insects.

4. What layer of the
rainforest does it live
in?
• It lives in the Emergent layer.

5. How does it move?
• It has to climb trees.

6. How does it raise its
young?
• It takes care of it until its big.

7. Who are its predators?
• The harpy eagle, birds, jaguars, and caimans.

8. Special facts
• Their tail is longer than their body.