Saimiri cassiquiarensis
(Lesson, 1840)
Humboldt's 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
Authority citation
Lesson, R.P. 1840. Species des mammifères bimanes et quadrumanes; suivi d'un mémoire sur les Oryctéropes. J.-B. Baillière, Paris, 292 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358351Original name as described
Simia sciurea cassiquiarensis
Other common names
Colombian Squirrel Monkey
Type material
lost (number not known)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Río (Caño) Cassiquiare, Amazonas, Venezuela.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Venezuela · Brazil
Taxonomy notes
split from sciureus
Taxonomy notes citation
Mittermeier R.A., Wilson D.E., Rylands A.B. 2013. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 3. Primates. Lynx Edicions. · Lynch-Alfaro, J., Boubli, J.P., Paim, F.P., Ribas, C.C., Silva, M.N., Messias, M.R., Röhe, F., Mercês, M.P., Silva Jr., J.S., Silva, C.R., Pinho, G.M., Koshkarian, G., Nguyen, M.T.T., Harada, M.L., Rabelo, R.M., Queiroz, H.L., Alfaro, M.E. and Farias, I.P. 2015. Biogeography of squirrel monkeys (genus Saimiri): south-central Amazon origin and rapid pan-Amazonian diversification of a lowland primate. Molecular Phylogenetics Evolution 82(B): 436-454.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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