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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 eastern Peru. [3] [4] They weigh between 365 and 1,135 g (13 and 40 oz) and measure, from the head to the base of the tail, between 225 and 370 mm (9 and 15 in). [5]
The black squirrel monkey (Saimiri vanzolinii), also known as the blackish squirrel monkey or black-headed squirrel monkey, is a small New World primate, endemic to the central Amazon in Brazil. [2] It largely resembles the female of the far more common Bolivian squirrel monkey , though the latter lacks the black central back.
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') [3] and was also used as an English name by early researchers.
Common squirrel monkey is the traditional common name for several small squirrel monkey species native to the tropical areas of South America.The term common squirrel monkey had been used as the common name for Saimiri sciureus before genetic research by Jessica Lynch Alfaro and others indicated S. scuireus covered at least three and possibly four species: the Guianan squirrel monkey (S ...
The Ecuadorian squirrel monkey has a head and body length of between 25 and 32 cm (9.8 and 12.6 in) with a tail length between 34 and 44 cm (13 and 17 in). [5] Males weigh between 885 and 1,380 g (31.2 and 48.7 oz) and females weigh between 590 and 1,150 g (21 and 41 oz). [ 5 ]
Panamanian night monkeys Pygmy marmoset White-headed marmosets Silvery marmoset Golden lion tamarin Emperor tamarin White-fronted capuchin Black capuchin Common squirrel monkey Venezuelan red howler Black-headed spider monkey Brown spider monkey Northern muriqui Brown woolly monkey Black-fronted titi Vieira's titi Black titi White-faced saki ...
Black-capped squirrel monkey: Saimiri boliviensis: Least Concern: Goeldi's monkey: Callimico goeldii: Vulnerable: Golden-mantled tamarin: Saguinus tripartitus: Least Concern: Madidi titi monkey: Plecturocebus aureipalatii: Least Concern: Nancy Ma's night monkey: Aotus nancymaae: Peruvian night monkey: Aotus miconax: Endangered: Purus red howler ...
Big-headed Amazon River turtle; Birds of the Amazon; Black agouti; Black caiman; Black-capped squirrel monkey; Black-tailed marmoset; Boa constrictor; Bolitoglossa caldwellae; Bothrops bilineatus smaragdinus; Brown agouti; Brown four-eyed opossum; Brown fruit-eating bat; Brown-throated sloth; Bush dog