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Saimiri sciureus (common squirrel monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Taxonomy
Simia sciurea was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Callithrix sciureus by Owen (1853); it was recombined as Saimiri sciureus by Thomas (1911) and Allen (1916).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Simia sciurea Linnaeus p. 29
1853Callithrix sciureus Owen p. 724
1911Saimiri sciureus Thomas p. 129
1916Saimiri sciureus Allen p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderPlatyrrhiniGeoffroy 1812
familyCebidae
genusSaimiriVoigt 1831
speciessciureus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Saimiri sciureus Linnaeus 1758 [common squirrel monkey]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available