Saimiri macrodon
D. G. Elliot, 1907
Ecuadorian 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
Elliot, D.G. 1907-09-01. Descriptions of apparently new species and subspecies of mammals belonging to the families Lemuridae, Cebidae, Callitrichidae, and Cercopithecidae in the collection of the Natural History Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(117):185-196.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254058Original name as described
Saimiri macrodon
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1880.5.6.15
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a6bb2e6f-737b-4545-8620-e954c8939459 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c87cf8d7-968e-44ae-a3d5-94429890587dType locality
Río Copataza, upper Río Pastaza, Pastaza, Ecuador.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil
Taxonomy notes
split from S. 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
Not Evaluated
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