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{{Short description|Subspecies of New World monkey}}
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| name = Large-headed capuchin<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves | pages = | id = 12100266}}</ref>
| image = Large-headed capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus) 3.jpg
| image_caption = Adult
| image2 = Large-headed_Capuchin_-_Sapajus_macrocephalus_(young).jpg
| image2_caption = Juvenile
| genus = Sapajus
| species = apella
| subspecies = macrocephalus
| authority = ([[Johann Baptist von Spix|Spix]], 1823)
| range_map = Cebus macrocephalus distribution.png
| synonyms = ''Sapajus macrocephalus''
}}

The '''large-headed capuchin''' ('''''Sapajus apella macrocephalus''''') is a [[subspecies]] of the [[tufted capuchin]] monkey from [[South America]]. It is found in [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]].<ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=Rylands, A.B.|author2=Boubli, J.-P.|author3=Mittermeier, R.A.|author4=Stevenson, P.|author5=Palacios, E.|author6=de la Torre, S. | title = ''Sapajus macrocephalus'' | volume = 2015 | page = e.T42696A70613732 | year = 2015 | doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T42696A70613732.en}}</ref> It was formerly thought to be its own species (''S. macrocephalus''), but studies have found it to be a subspecies of the tufted capuchin.<ref name=iucn/><ref name=alfaro>{{cite journal|title=How Different Are Robust and Gracile Capuchin Monkeys? An Argument for the Use of ''Sapajus'' and ''Cebus''|author1=Lynch Alfaro, J.W. |author2=Silva, J.S. |author3=Rylands, A.B. |doi=10.1002/ajp.22007|pmid=22328205 |year=2012|pages=1–14|journal=American Journal of Primatology|volume=74 |issue=4 |s2cid=18840598 }}</ref>

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{{Wikispecies|Cebus apella macrocephalus|Large-headed Capuchin}}

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[[Category:Capuchin monkeys|large-headed capuchin]]
[[Category:Mammals of Colombia]]
[[Category:Mammals of Venezuela]]
[[Category:Mammals of Ecuador]]
[[Category:Primates of Brazil]]
[[Category:Mammals of Bolivia]]
[[Category:Mammals of Peru]]
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[[Category:Mammals described in 1823|large-headed capuchin]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Johann Baptist von Spix]]

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