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Squirrel monkeys are New
World monkeys of the
genus Saimiri.
Saimiri is the only
genus in the
subfamily Saimiriinae. The name of the
genus is of Tupi origin...
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Common squirrel monkey is the
traditional common name for
several small squirrel monkey species native to the
tropical areas of
South America. The term...
- The
Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii), also
known as the red-backed
squirrel monkey, is a
squirrel monkey species from the Pacific...
- The
Guianan squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) is a
species of
squirrel monkey from Guiana,
Venezuela and Brazil. S.
sciureus formerly applied to Humboldt's...
- Humboldt's
squirrel monkey (Saimiri c****iquiarensis) is a
species of
squirrel monkey from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It had previously...
- The
black squirrel monkey (Saimiri vanzolinii), also
known as the
blackish squirrel monkey or black-headed
squirrel monkey, is a
small New
World primate...
- The black-capped
squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) is a
species of New-World
monkey native to the
upper Amazon basin in Bolivia,
western Brazil and...
- Four
species of
monkey are
native to the
forests of
Costa Rica, the
Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii), the
Panamanian white-faced capuchin...
- of the
family Cebidae, the
family of New
World monkeys containing capuchin monkeys and
squirrel monkeys.
Until the 21st
century the
Panamanian white-faced...
- one of the five
families of New
World monkeys now recognised.
Extant members are the
capuchin and
squirrel monkeys.
These species are
found throughout tropical...
