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Saimiri sciureus
The common squirrel monkey is a small New World primate from the Cebidae (squirrel monkey) family, and native to the tropical areas of South America.
Yasuni National Park
Spotted on Dec 7, 2012
Submitted on Dec 14, 2012
5 Comments
Thanks Satyen!
Thanks for the info Theresa!
Congrats on the spotting of the week Karen!
They are called squirrel monks due to their likeness in size to squirrels I shared 16 years with one of these amazing & intelligent little wonders.
I don't know either Gilma!
So cute. I do not understand why they are called squirrel monkeys?!