squirrel monkey

English

Noun

squirrel monkey (plural squirrel monkeys)

1. (zoology, primatology) Any of several small New World monkeys, of the genus Saimiri, that live in southern Central America and northern South America.

Derived terms

• bare-eared squirrel monkey (Saimiri ustus)
• black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)
• black squirrel monkey (Saimiri vanzolinii)
• Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis)
• Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)
• Collins' squirrel monkey (Saimiri collinsi)
• common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
• Ecuadorian squirrel monkey (Saimiri cassiquiarensis macrodon or Saimiri sciureus macrodon)
• Guianan squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
• Humboldt's squirrel monkey (Saimiri cassiquiarensis)
• Peruvian squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis peruviensis)
• South American squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

Translations

Saimiri

Catalan: mona esquirol f Chinese: Mandarin: 松鼠猴 (sōngshǔhóu) Dutch: doodshoofdaapje (nl) n Finnish: saimiri French: saïmiri (fr), singe-écureuil (fr) m, sapajou (fr) m German: Totenkopfäffchen (de) n Irish: moncaí iorach m Korean: 다람쥐원숭이 (daramjwiwonsung'i) Navajo: mágíłtsooí bináázhiní Persian: خزمیمون (xazmeymun) Polish: sajmiri (pl) f Portuguese: macaco-de-cheiro m Spanish: mono ardilla m, mono fraile m Swedish: dödskalleapa c, ekorrapa c Turkish: sincap maymunu

Further reading

• squirrel monkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Saimiri on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Saimiri on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons