Saimiri boliviensis Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire and de Blainville 1834 (squirrel monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Alternative combination: Callithrix boliviensis

Full reference: I. Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire and H.M.D. de Blainville. 1834. Rapport sure les résultats scientifiques du voyage de M. Alcide D'Orbigny dans l'Amérique du Sud, pendant les années 1826, 1827-1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, et 1833. Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 3:84-115

Belongs to Saimiri according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005

See also Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire and de Blainville 1834

Sister taxa: Saimiri cassiquiarensis, Saimiri collinsi, Saimiri macrodon, Saimiri oerstedii, Saimiri sciureus, Saimiri ustus, Saimiri vanzolinii, Simia morta, Neosaimiri annectens, Neosaimiri fieldsi

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Saimiri boliviensis in the database

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