Saimiri cassiquiarensis

(Lesson, 1840)

Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey

Formerly as Saimiri sciureus macrodon. Also as Saimiri macrodon, Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey
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Location:Ecuador, Orellano province, Napo River, upriver from La Selva Jungle Lodge, near CocaDate taken:Jul 3, 2014

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Platyrrhini
Family : Cebidae
Subfamily : Saimirinae
Genus : Saimiri

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Lesson, R.P. 1840. Species des mammifères bimanes et quadrumanes; suivi d'un mémoire sur les Oryctéropes. J.-B. Baillière, Paris, 292 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358351

Original name as described

Simia sciurea cassiquiarensis

Other common names

Colombian Squirrel Monkey

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Río (Caño) Cassiquiare, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

split from S. sciureus

Taxonomy notes citation

Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B. and Wilson, D.E. 2013. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates. Lynx, Barcelona, 952 pp. a#59513 · Lynch Alfaro, J.W., Boubli, J.P., Paim, F.P., Ribas, C.C., Silva, M.N.F. da, Messias, M.R., Röhe, F., Mercês, M.P., Silva Júnior, J. de S. e, Silva, C.R. da, Pinho, G.M., Koshkarian, G., Nguyen, M.T.T., Harada, M.L., Rabelo, R.M., Queiroz, H.L. de, Alfaro, M.E. and Farias, I.P. 2015. Biogeography of squirrel monkeys (genus Saimiri): South-central Amazon origin and rapid pan-Amazonian diversification of a lowland primate. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82:436-454. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.004

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000851

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 11 names and synonyms.

Simia sciurea cassiquiarensis

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Cebidae

Root name

cassiquiarensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358351

Authority publication

Paris

Saïmiris lunulatus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1843

Family

Cebidae

Root name

lunulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2680010

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1843:1152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2680010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68911)
  2. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1855:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27344995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69176)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Saïmiri lunulatus

Schlegel, 1876

Family

Cebidae

Root name

lunulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

245

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895310

Authority publication

Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas

Name usages

Schlegel (1876:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)

Saïmiris sciurea lunulata

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Cebidae

Root name

lunulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422851

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Saimiri cassiquiarensis

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Cebidae

Root name

cassiquiarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

311

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602871

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:311, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mercês, Lynch Alfaro, Ferreira, Harada & Silva Júnior (2015:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21004)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/160940148/192585552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Saimiri sciureus cassiquiarensis

Tate, 1939

Family

Cebidae

Root name

cassiquiarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

219

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1939:219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)
  2. Rylands, Schneider, Langguth, Mittermeier, Groves & Rodríguez-Luna (2000:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71834)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Saimiri sciurea codajazensis

Lönnberg, 1940

Family

Cebidae

Root name

codajazensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM 991

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cebus sciureus albigena

(B. von Pusch, 1942)

Family

Cebidae

Root name

albigena

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 33951

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379028

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Saimiri sciureus albigena

Rylands, H. Schneider, Langguth, Mittermeier, Groves, & Rodríguez-Luna, 2000

Family

Cebidae

Root name

albigena

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Neotropical Primates

Name usages

  1. Rylands, Schneider, Langguth, Mittermeier, Groves & Rodríguez-Luna (2000:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71834)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Saimiri cassiquiarensis albigena

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Cebidae

Root name

albigena

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

392

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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