The common squirrel monkey , or squirrel saimiri [1] ( lat. Saimiri sciureus ), is a species of chain-tailed monkey from the genus Saimiri .
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Security status IUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 41537 |
Content
- 1 Area
- 2 Species characteristics
- 3 Subspecies
- 4 Gallery
- 5 Links
- 6 notes
Range
Habitat - tropical forests of South America , to the south reach Peru , Bolivia , Paraguay except the highlands of the Andes . They settle near reservoirs in groups of 10 to 100 individuals, sometimes more. Squirrel saimiri feed on insects , fruits , nuts , and also eat eggs of birds and chicks. [2] Sometimes diet includes mollusks and small frogs . Lifestyle - daytime, mostly spend time on trees .
View Features
Body length reaches 25–36 cm , tail - up to 40 cm. Body weight - up to 1.1 kg . The hairline is short, the skin in the area of the front of the muzzle, lips and the area near the nostrils is practically hairless, black . The front part in the eye area, as well as the ears, throat and sides of the neck are white . Pregnancy lasts 168-180 days, most often one cub appears. Individuals live on average 6-8 years, in captivity - up to 9 years or more. There is a known case when the female lived 21 years. The diploid number of chromosomes in a species is 44.
The species is often caught for breeding as pets , and individuals are also used for laboratory purposes . [3]
Subspecies
An ordinary squirrel monkey has four subspecies :
- Saimiri sciureus sciureus
- Saimiri sciureus albigena
- Saimiri sciureus cassiquiarensis
- Saimiri sciureus macrodon
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Notes
- ↑ Sokolov V.E. The pagan dictionary of animal names. Mammals Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova. - M .: Rus. lang., 1984. - S. 89. - 10,000 copies.
- ↑ Saimiri
- ↑ Rhines, C. 2000. Saimiri sciureus , Animal Diversity Web.