Cebus
a genus of American monkeys, characterized by a round head and short muzzle, a facial angle of about 60°, long thumbs, and a long, prehensile tail, entirely covered with hair. The species are numerous, all of a very lively disposition and gregarious habits, living in trees.
They feed chiefly on fruits, but also on CECIDOMYIA CEDAR FALLS insects, worms, and mollusks. They are 1916. At the Peace Conference in Paris, included under the popular designation of Sa Sapajou in its wider sense, and some of them are the monkeys to which this name is sometimes more strictly appropriated. C. fatuellus, which ranges from Paraguay to Guiana, and C. capucinus, Guiana, Venezuela, and Peru, are common in menageries.