Saimiri sciureus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:29.

TYPE LOCALITY: French Guyana, Cayenne .

DISTRIBUTION: N Brazil, Marajo Isl (Brazil), Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, E Ecuador, NE Peru.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: albigena, caquetensis, cassiquiarensis, collinsi, juruana, leucopsis, lunulatus, macrodon, nigriceps, nigrivittata, petrina.