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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Mammals > Eutheria > Primates > Haplorhini > Platyrrhini > Cebidae > Saimirinae > Saimiri

Preferred term

Saimiri  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Monkey, Squirrel
  • Monkeys, Squirrel
  • Squirrel Monkey
  • Squirrel Monkeys

Note

  • NIM when experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with MONKEY DISEASES

Scope note

  • A genus of the family CEBIDAE consisting of four species: S. boliviensis, S. orstedii (red-backed squirrel monkey), S. sciureus (common squirrel monkey), and S. ustus. They inhabit tropical rain forests in Central and South America. S. sciureus is used extensively in research studies.

History note

  • 91(81); was see under CEBIDAE 1981-90; was SQUIRREL MONKEYS see under MONKEYS 1975-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012453

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