Common Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri sciureus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 535
- Most observed in
- 🇬🇫 French Guiana
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Guianan squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) is a species of squirrel monkey from Guiana, Venezuela and Brazil. S. sciureus formerly applied to Humboldt's squirrel monkey and Collins' squirrel monkey, but genetic research in 2009 and 2015 revealed that these are distinct species.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Guianan squirrel monkey”.