Humboldt’s Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri cassiquiarensis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 447
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Humboldt's squirrel monkey (Saimiri cassiquiarensis) is a species of squirrel monkey from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It had previously been considered a subspecies of the common squirrel monkey, S. sciureus, but was elevated to full species status based on a genetic study by Carretero-Pinzón in 2009.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Humboldt's squirrel monkey”.