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SPECIES Saimiri boliviensis

Author:

I. Geoffroy and Blainville, 1834.

Citation:

Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 3: 89.

Common Name:

Black-capped Squirrel Monkey

Type Locality:

Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Rio San Miguel, Guarayos Mission.

Distribution:

Upper Amazon in Peru; SW Brazil; Bolivia.

Status:

CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Least Concern.

Comments:

S. boliviensis species group. Originally separated from S. sciureus by Hershkovitz (1984); not recognized as a species by Thorington (1985) or Costello et al. (1993), but belongs to a different species group according to Groves (2001c).

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Offspring:

SUBSPECIES boliviensis

SUBSPECIES peruviensis

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