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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER HAPLORRHINI
--> INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
--> FAMILY Cebidae
--> SUBFAMILY Saimiriinae
GENUS Saimiri
| Author: | Voigt, 1831. | | Citation: | In Cuvier, Das Thierreich, 1: 95. | | Type Species: | Simia sciurea Linnaeus, 1758. | | Comments: | Placed in a separate subfamily Saimirinae by Hershkovitz (1970a) and Napier (1976); according to Groves (2001c), Chrysotrichinae Cabrera, 1900, has priority. The species fall into two groups, S. boliviensis species group (boliviensis, vanzolinii) and S. sciureus species group (sciureus, ustus, oerstedti). |
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