Saimiri Voigt 1831

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 111-184 : 138

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Saimiri Voigt 1831 View in CoL

Saimiri Voigt 1831 View in CoL , in: Cuvier, Das Thierreich, Vol. 1: 95.

Type Species: Simia sciurea Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Chrysothrix Kaup 1835 ; Pithesciurus Lesson 1840 .

Species and subspecies: 5 species with 8 subspecies:

Species Saimiri boliviensis I. Geoffroy and Blainville 1834

Subspecies Saimiri boliviensis subsp. boliviensis I. Geoffroy and Blainville 1834

Subspecies Saimiri boliviensis subsp. peruviensis Hershkovitz 1984

Species Saimiri oerstedii Reinhardt 1872

Subspecies Saimiri oerstedii subsp. oerstedii Reinhardt 1872

Subspecies Saimiri oerstedii subsp. citrinellus Thomas 1904

Species Saimiri sciureus ( Linnaeus 1758)

Subspecies Saimiri sciureus subsp. sciureus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Saimiri sciureus subsp. albigena Pusch 1942

Subspecies Saimiri sciureus subsp. cassiquiarensis Lesson 1840

Subspecies Saimiri sciureus subsp. macrodon Elliot 1907

Species Saimiri ustus I. Geoffroy 1843

Species Saimiri vanzolinii Ayres 1985

Discussion: Placed in a separate subfamily Saimirinae by Hershkovitz (1970 a) and Napier (1976); according to Groves (2001 c), 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).