Taxonomy Profile: Saimiri (Voigt in G Cuvier 1831)

Saimiri: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Chrysothrix
Kaup 1835
Pithesciurus
Lesson 1840
Common Name(s):
squirrel monkeys []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Saimiri: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Primates
primates |
homem |
macaco |
primata |
sagui |
primates |
Suborder : Haplorrhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Family : Cebidae
New World monkeys |
Subfamily : Saimiriinae
Genus : Saimiri
squirrel monkeys |
Saimiri Direct Children(s):
Saimiri sciureus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Saimiri boliviensis
(I Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and de Blainville 1834)
Saimiri oerstedii
(Reinhardt 1872)
Saimiri ustus
(I Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1843)
Saimiri vanzolinii
(Ayres 1985)
Saimiri macrodon
(Elliot 1907)
Saimiri collinsi
(Osgood 1916)
Saimiri: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Colin P. Groves
Notes:
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
Reference for:
Saimiri
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Saimiri
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Saimiri
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Saimiri
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Saimiri
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2013-01-01 / 2013-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates
Page(s):
951
Publisher:
Lynx Edicions
Publication Place:
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN/ISSN:
9788496553897/
Notes:
Reference for:
Saimiri
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1
Page(s):
xxxv + 743
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Saimiri
Saimiri: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Saimiri: Comments
Comment:
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)