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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]
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.
Brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) Platyrrhini is a parvorder of primates. Members of this parvorder are called platyrrhines, or New World monkeys, and include marmosets, tamarins, and capuchin, squirrel, night, titi, saki, howler, spider, and woolly monkeys. Platyrrhini is one of three clades that form the suborder Haplorrhini, itself one of two suborders in the order Primates. They are ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Bolivia. There are 300 mammal species in Bolivia , of which two are critically endangered, five are endangered, seventeen are vulnerable, and twelve are near threatened.
It is divided into four main groupings: strepsirrhines, tarsiers, monkeys of the New World (parvorder Platyrrhini), and monkeys and apes of the Old World. South America's 20 genera of nonhuman primates compares with 6 in Central America , 15 in Madagascar , 23 in Africa and 19 in Asia .
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 monkeys are native to South America and have an average lifespan of 21 years, according to Animal Diversity Web, an online database maintained by the University of Michigan. They live in ...
Black-capped squirrel monkey; Black-chinned emperor tamarin; Black-headed night monkey; Black-tailed marmoset; Bolivian big-eared mouse; Bolivian chinchilla rat; Bolivian red howler; Bolivian river dolphin; Bolivian squirrel; Bolivian vesper mouse; Brazilian porcupine; Brazilian spiny tree-rat; Brown agouti; Brown-mantled tamarin; Brown ...