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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.
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 ...
Bolivian squirrels are moderately sized tree squirrels, with a head-body length of 14 to 22 cm (5.5 to 8.7 in), and a tail of similar length again. Adults weigh from 183 to 242 g (6.5 to 8.5 oz). The fur is mostly dark olive with black and yellow ticking and fading to pale grey or whitish on the chest and underparts.
A squirrel monkey (Jean-Francois Monier / AFP via Getty Images file) Zoo officials are working with local, state and federal agencies to investigate the theft, according to the Facebook post.
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