Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri macrodon
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,267
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Description
The Ecuadorian squirrel monkey (Saimiri cassiquiarensis macrodon) is a type of squirrel monkey. It had been considered a subspecies of the Guianan squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus, but was elevated to a full species, S. macrodon, based on a 2009 study by Carretero-Pinzón, et al.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Ecuadorian squirrel monkey”.