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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Black-Crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey, Central American Squirrel Monkey, Red-Backed Squirrel Monkey, Red-Backed Squirrel-Monkey
Common Names in French:
Saïmiri à Dos Roux, Singe-Ècureuil à Dos Rouge, Singe-Ècureuil à Dos Roux, Singe-écureuil à Dos Rouge, Singe-écureuil à Dos Roux
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Primates
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Haplorrhini
()
- Pocock, 1918
- Infraorder:
Simiiformes
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Parvorder:
Platyrrhini
()
- É. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1812
- Parvorder:
Platyrrhini
(
- Infraorder:
Simiiformes
(
- Suborder:
Haplorrhini
(
- Order:
Primates
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 30-Jul-2002
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Saimiri
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. boliviensis (Black-Headed Squirrel Monkey) · S. boliviensis boliviensis (Bolivian Squirrel Monkey) · S. boliviensis jaburuensis (Squirrel Monkey) · S. boliviensis peruviensis (Peruvian Squirrel Monkey) · S. boliviensis pluvialis (Squirrel Monkey) · S. oerstedii (Black-Crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey) · S. oerstedii citrinellus (Grey-Crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey) · S. oerstedii oerstedii (Black-Crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey) · S. sciurea · S. sciureus (South American Squirrel Monkey) · S. sciureus albigena (Squirrel Monkey) · S. sciureus boliviensis · S. sciureus caquetensis · S. sciureus cassiquiarensis (Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey) · S. sciureus macrodon (Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey) · S. sciureus sciureus (South American Squirrel Monkey) · S. sciurius · S. sciurus · S. ustus (Bare-Eared Squirrel Monkey) · S. vanzolinii (Black-Headed Squirrel Monkey) · S. x
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Further Reading
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Boinski, S. and Cropp, S. 1999. Disparate data sets resolve squirrel monkey (Saimiri) taxonomy: Implications for behavioral, ecology and biochemical usage. International Journal of Primatology. 20: 237-256.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 124.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 51.
- Costello, R.K., Dickinson, C., Rosenberger, A.L., Boinski, S. and Szalay, F.S. 1993. Squirrel monkey (genus Saimiri) taxonomy: a multidisciplinary study of the biology of the species. In: W.H. Kimbel and L.B. Martin (eds). Species, Species Concepts and Primate Evolution. pp.177-210. Plenum Press, New York.
- Ectoparasites of Panama. Rupert L. Wenzel [and] Vernon J. Tipton, editors. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1966. ENG url p. 774, p. 853.
- Eisenberg, J.F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics the Northern Neotropics, Volume 1. Panamá, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana. The University of Chicago Press. Chicago and London.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groves, C.P. 2001. The Taxonomy of Primates. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
- Hammond, D.S. in litt. 1999. Letter sent to the World Conservation Monitoring Centre appealing the Vulnerable listing of Greenheart (Chlorocardium rodiei) in The World List of Threatened Trees.
- Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003.
- Reid, F.A. 1997. A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York.
- Rodríguez-Luna, E., Cortés-Ortiz, L., Mittermeier, R.A. and Rylands, A.B. 1996. Plan de Acción para los Primates Mesoamericanos. IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. 121pp.
- RodrÃguez-Luna, E., Cortés-Ortiz, L., Mittermeier, R.A. and Rylands, A.B. 1996. Plan de Acción para los Primates Mesoamericanos. IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. 121pp.
- Thornback, J. and Jenkins, M. 1982. The IUCN Mammal Red Data Book. Part 1: Threatened mammalian taxa of the Americas and the Australasian zoogeographic region (excluding Cetacea). IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 7, 2006.
- Cuarón, A.D., de Grammont, P.C., Cortés-Ortiz, L. and Wong, G. 2003. Saimiri oerstedii. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Cuarón, A.D., de Grammont, P.C., Cortés-Ortiz, L. & Wong, G. 2003. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
- Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2481609
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-572980
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 572980
- IUCN ID: 19836
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: A01S
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7341
