Collins' squirrel monkey

Collins' squirrel monkey
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cebidae
Genus:	Saimiri
Species:	S. collinsi
Binomial name
Saimiri collinsi (Osgood, 1916)
Collins' squirrel monkey range shown in red

Collins' squirrel monkey (Saimiri collinsii) is a species of squirrel monkey endemic to Brazil. It had been considered a subspecies of the common squirrel monkey (S. sciureus) until a genetic study by Jessica Lynch Alfaro et al. elevated it to species status. ^{[2] [3]}

Male Collins' squirrel monkeys have a head and body length of about 38  cm (15  in ) with a 37.6 cm (14.8 in) tail. ^[2] Females have a head and body length of about 27 cm (11 in) with a 41.3 cm (16.3 in) tail. ^[2] Collins' squirrel monkeys eat palm fruits, legumes, insects, bird eggs and occasionally lizards. ^[2]

References

1. Silva Júnior, J.S.; Ravetta, A.L.; Lynch Alfaro, J.W.; Valença-Montenegro, M.M. (2021). "Saimiri collinsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T70610928A192585417. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T70610928A192585417.en . Retrieved 26 July 2022.
2. Stone, Anita I.; et al. (2016). Rowe, Noel; Myers, Marc (eds.). All the World's Primates. Pogonias Press. pp. 307–308. ISBN   9781940496061.
3. Lynch Alfaro, J.W.; et al. (2015). "Biogeography of squirrel monkeys (genus Saimiri): South-central Amazon origin and rapid pan-Amazonian diversification of a lowland primate". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 82: 436–454. Bibcode:2015MolPE..82..436L. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.004 . PMID   25305518.