Black-capped squirrel monkey

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Black-capped squirrel monkey[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Saimiri
Species: S. boliviensis
Binomial name
Saimiri boliviensis
(I. Geoffroy and Blainville, 1834)
Geographic range
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The black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) is a South American squirrel monkey, found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. This South American monkey can be found at the Ellen Trout Zoo.

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References [edit]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 138. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Wallace, R. B., Cornejo, F. & Rylands, A. B. (2008). "Saimiri boliviensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 19 January 2012. 

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