#0377 · 🦊 mammals

Central American Squirrel Monkey

🇳🇱 Geel Doodshoofdaapje ·Saimiri oerstedii

ENendangered 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Daniel Ghyselinck · CC BY 4.0
2. © llsproat · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Thomas Fuhrmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ken Finger · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Brian Gratwicke · CC BY 4.0
6. © jimmyandtony · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Puntarenas, CR:© Michelle Monge-Velazquez · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Puntarenas, CR:© Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Puntarenas, CR:© jimmyandtony · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Puntarenas, CR:© jimmyandtony · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Central American squirrel monkey or ( Saimiri oerstedii ), also known as red-backed squirrel monkey , is a squirrel monkey species from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama. It is restricted to the northwestern tip of Panama near the border with Costa Rica, and the central and southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, primarily in Manuel Antonio and Corcovado National Parks.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,491iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

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.
3,491 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johannes Theodor Reinhardt in 1872 (154 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.