Saimiri sciureus

– Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

PRIMATES

Family:

CEBIDAE

Scientific Name:

Saimiri sciureus

Species Authority:

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:

See Saimiri sciureus ssp. macrodon

See Saimiri sciureus ssp. cassiquiarensis

See Saimiri sciureus ssp. sciureus

See Saimiri sciureus ssp. albigena

Common Name/s:

English	—	COMMON SQUIRREL MONKEY, SOUTH AMERICAN SQUIRREL MONKEY
Spanish	—	MACACO-DE-CHEIRO

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

LC ver 3.1 (2001)

Year Assessed:

2003

Assessor/s:

Rylands, A.B., Bampi, M.I., Chiarello, A.G., da Fonseca, G.A.B., Mendes, S.L. & Marcelino, M.

Evaluator/s:

Rylands, A.B. & Mittermeier, R.A. (Primate Red List Authority)

Justification:

Saimiri sciureus is wide-ranging throughout northern Amazon. Currently assessed as Least Concern.

History:

1996

Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range

Range Description:	The species has four subspecies: S. sciureus sciureus from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname; S. sciureus albigena from Colombia; S. sciureus cassiquiarensis from Brazil and Venezuela; and S. sciureus macrodon from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. All four subspecies are assessed as Least Concern.
Countries:	Native: Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

Bibliography

Bibliography:

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Bodini, R. and Pérez-Hernández, R. 1987. Distribution of the species and subspecies of cebids in Venezuela. Fieldiana. Zoology, New Series (39): 231-244.

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Hernández-Camacho, J. and Cooper, R.W. 1976. The non-human primates of Colombia. In: R W. Thorington Jr. and P.G. Heltne (eds). Neotropical Primates: Field Studies and Conservation. pp. 35-69. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

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Hershkovitz, P. 1984. Taxonomy of squirrel monkeys, genus Saimiri (Cebidae, Platyrrhini): a preliminary report with description of a hitherto unnamed form. American Journal of Primatology 4: 209-243.

IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003.

Thorington Jr., R.W. 1985. The taxonomy and distribution of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri). In: L.A. Rosenblum and C.L. Coe (eds). Handbook of Squirrel Monkey Research. pp.1-33. Plenum Press, New York.

Citation:	Rylands, A.B., Bampi, M.I., Chiarello, A.G., da Fonseca, G.A.B., Mendes, S.L. & Marcelino, M. 2003. Saimiri sciureus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 September 2008.
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