Black-capped squirrel monkey

Not to be confused with Black squirrel monkey.

Black-capped squirrel monkey
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Saimiri
Species:
S. boliviensis
Binomial name
Saimiri boliviensis
Geographic range
Synonyms[2]
  • Saimiri sciureus boliviensis
  • Callithrix boliviensis
  • Callithrix entomophagus
  • Saimiri boliviensis nigriceps
  • Saimiri boliviensis pluvialis

The black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) is a species of New-World monkey native to the upper Amazon basin in Bolivia, western Brazil and eastern Peru.[3][4] They weigh between 365 and 1,135 g (13 and 40 oz) and measure, from the head to the base of the tail, between 225 and 370 mm (9 and 15 in).[5] Black-capped squirrel monkeys are primarily tree-dwelling and are found in both native and plantation forests as well as some farmed areas near running water.[4] Their diet is omnivorous and mostly consists of flowers, fruit, leaves, nuts, seeds, insects, arachnids, eggs and small vertebrates.[6] They mostly live in female-dominated troops of around 40 to 75 monkeys, with males having been observed to disperse to live in all-male troops after reaching sexual maturation.[7] Their current conservation status according to the IUCN is 'Least Concern'.[8] The species belongs to the genus Saimiri and has two subspecies, S. b. boliviensis (the Bolivian squirrel monkey) and S. b. peruviensis (the Peruvian squirrel monkey).[9]

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  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :06 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Napier, John R.; Napier, Prue H. (1967). Handbook of Living Primates. London: Academic Press.
  6. ^ Schuler, A. Michele; Abee, Christian R. (2005). Squirrel monkeys (Saimiri). Bethesda, Md.: National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare. p. 2. ISBN 9780160759260.
  7. ^ Boinski, Sue; Kauffman, Laurie; Ehmke, Erin; Schet, Steven; Arioene, Vreezam (May 2005). "Dispersal Patterns among Three Species of Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri oerstedii, S. boliviensis, and S. sciureus)". Behaviour. 142: 526. doi:10.1163/1568539054352888.
  8. ^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Bolivian/peruvian Squirrel Monkey". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  9. ^ Hershkovitz, Philip (1984). "Taxonomy of squirrel monkeys genus Saimiri (Cebidae, platyrrhini): A preliminary report with description of a hitherto unnamed form". American Journal of Primatology. 7 (2): 161–165. doi:10.1002/ajp.1350070212. ISSN 0275-2565. PMID 32160721. S2CID 221440537.