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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyCebidae
Observations recorded16,082
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Research
5,598 papers- Research techniques for the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sp.).ILAR journal · 2000
- Squirrel monkey (Saimiri spp.) research and resources.ILAR journal · 2000
- Endemic Viruses of Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri spp.).Comparative medicine · 2015
- Mechanisms of protective immunity against asexual blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum in the experimental host Saimiri.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 1992
- Integration of field and captive studies for understanding the behavioral ecology of the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sp.).American journal of primatology · 2011
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- Saimiri
- taxon name
- Saimiri
- start time
- 13800000-0
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Squirrel monkey in Yacuma Park, Bolivia 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 (sai-mirím or çai-mbirín, with sai meaning 'monkey' and mirím meaning 'small') and was also used as an English name by early researchers.
Squirrel monkeys live in the tropical forests of Central and South America in the canopy layer. Most species have parapatric or allopatric ranges in the Amazon, while S. oerstedii is found disjunctly in Costa Rica and Panama.
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Saimiri sciureus
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black-capped squirrel monkey
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Central American squirrel monkey
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Bare-eared squirrel monkey
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Black squirrel monkey
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Saimiri cassiquiarensis
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Saimiri collinsi
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Homunculus
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Afrotarsius
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South America
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Animalia
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Panama
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Costa Rica
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mammal
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Carl Linnaeus
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Central America
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