#0437 · 🦊 mammals

Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri macrodon

🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Phil Kahler · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © James · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Phil Kahler · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Murray Foubister · CC BY-SA 4.0
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6. © ggallice (Geoff Gallice) · CC BY 4.0
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8. © Sir Eric Castillo González · CC BY 4.0
9. © Sir Eric Castillo González · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The Ecuadorian squirrel monkey ( Saimiri cassiquiarensis macrodon ) is a type of squirrel monkey. It had been considered a subspecies of the Guianan squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus , but was elevated to a full species, S. macrodon , based on a 2009 study by Carretero-Pinzón, et al . Based on subsequent genetic research by Jessica Lynch Alfaro, et al it was again reclassified as a subspecies of Humboldt's squirrel monkey.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,482iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,482 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Daniel Giraud Elliot in 1907 (119 years ago).