Saimiri boliviensis

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & de Blainville, 1834)

Black-capped Squirrel Monkey

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Platyrrhini
Family : Cebidae
Subfamily : Saimiriinae
Genus : Saimiri

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 3, 89

Original name as described

Callithrix boliviensis

Other common names

Bolivian Squirrel Monkey · Peruvian Squirrel Monkey

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2005-930 (= MNHN ? 478) (= MNHN ? 534)

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Guarayos Mission, Río San Miguel, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Peru · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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