Black-crowned Central American squirrel monkey
Black-crowned Central American squirrel monkey[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cebidae |
Genus: | Saimiri |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | S. o. oerstedii
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Trinomial name | |
Saimiri oerstedii oerstedii Reinhardt, 1872
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S. o. oerstedii range shown in blue |
The black-crowned Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii oerstedii) is a subspecies of the
The black-crowned Central American squirrel monkey is orange or reddish-orange in color, with a black cap. It differs from the grey-crowned Central American squirrel monkey, which replaces it in central Costa Rica, in that the limbs and underparts of the black-crowned Central American squirrel monkey are more yellowish. Some authorities also consider the cap on the black-crowned Central American squirrel monkey to be more black than that of the grey-crowned Central American squirrel monkey (C. o. citrinellus), but other authorities regard this as a feature that varies by age rather than by subspecies.[3]
Adults reach a length of between 266 and 291 millimetres (10.5 and 11.5 in), excluding tail, and a weight between 600 and 950 grams (21 and 34 oz).[4][5] The tail is longer than the body, and between 362 and 389 mm (14.3 and 15.3 in) in length.[4] Males have an average body weight of 829 g (29.2 oz) and females have an average body weight of 695 g (24.5 oz).[5]
The black-crowned Central American squirrel monkey is
The black-crowned Central American squirrel monkey is one of the few squirrel monkey taxa that has been the subject of a long-term study. Primatologist Sue Boinski has made several long-term studies of the subspecies.[5]
The black-crowned Central American squirrel monkey was assessed by the
References
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- ^ "Saimiri Wildlife". Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2008.