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

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Saimirinae  

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Note

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

Scope note

  • A subfamily of CEBIDAE inhabiting the forests of Central and South America. This subfamily of New World monkeys consists of one genus, the SAIMIRI or squirrel monkeys.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016648

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