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--> FAMILY Cebidae
--> SUBFAMILY Saimiriinae
--> GENUS Saimiri
SPECIES Saimiri oerstedii
Author: | Reinhardt, 1872. | Citation: | Vidensk. Medd. Nat. Hist. Kjobenhaven: 157. | Common Name: | Central American Squirrel Monkey | Type Locality: | Panama, Chiriquí, vicinity of David. | Distribution: | Panama, Costa Rica. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered as S. o. citrinellus, Endangered as Saimiri o. oerstedii. | Comments: | S. sciureus species group. Hershkovitz (1972a) considered oerstedii a subspecies of sciureus; but see Hershkovitz (1984). |
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