Cebus malitiosus,

Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin (scientific name: Cebus malitiosus), foreign name Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin, no subspecies. Specific habits are unknown.

Listed in the "Red List of Threatened Species of the World Conservation Union" (IUCN) 2015 ver3.1-Endangered (EN).

Listed in Appendix I, Appendix II and Appendix III of the 2019 edition of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

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It inhabits dry tropical forests, tropical lowland forests, submontane and montane forests. From sea level to altitudes up to 1,300 meters. It is limited to northern Colombia, where it is found in deciduous and tropical rainforests on the northeastern slopes of the Santa Marta Mountains.

The head and body length of the male Santa Marta capuchin is about 45.7 cm, and the tail is about 43.3 cm long. It is sexually dimorphic, with males larger than females. The head is small, and the trunk and limbs are slender. The back is light brown, and the ventral side is lighter, usually yellow and red. The dorsal hair is long and soft, and the ventral hair is short and rough. There is a circular black patch on the top of the head, and the female has a tuft of hair in front of this patch. The face is covered with sparse light hair, the cheeks are peachy, and there is a thin white border around the face. A stripe slightly darker than the body color runs parallel to the spine. The limbs are yellow and reddish brown.