| Guianan squirrel monkey | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cebidae |
| Genus: | Saimiri |
| Species: | S. sciureus
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| Binomial name | |
| Saimiri sciureus | |
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| Guianan squirrel monkey range shown in green | |
| Synonyms | |
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Simia sciurea Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The Guianan squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) is a species of squirrel monkey from Guiana, Venezuela and Brazil. S. sciureus formerly applied to Humboldt's squirrel monkey and Collins' squirrel monkey, but genetic research in 2009 and 2015 revealed that these are distinct species.
- ^ Silva Júnior, J.S.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Lynch Alfaro, J.W.; Valença-Montenegro, M.M.; Carvalho, A.S. (2021) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Saimiri sciureus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T43968A192584742. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T43968A192584742.en. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Linnæus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I (in Latin) (10th ed.). Holmiæ: Laurentius Salvius. p. 29. Retrieved 2012-11-21.