Squirrel monkey
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| The squirrel monkeys are the New World monkeys of the genus Saimiri. Squirrel monkeys live in the tropical forests of Central and South America in the canopy layer.
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| Bare-eared squirrel monkey | Common squirrel monkey |
Bare-eared squirrel monkey
| phylum | Chordata | The bare-eared squirrel monkey (Saimiri ustus) is a squirrel monkey endemic to Brazil.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Primates | |
| family | Cebidae | |
| genus | Saimiri | |
| species | S. ustus |
Common squirrel monkey
| phylum | Chordata | The common squirrel monkey can be found primarily in the Amazon Basin. It prefers to live in the middle canopy, but will occasionally come to the ground or go up into the high canopy. They like vegetation which provides good cover from birds of prey in the rainforest, savannah, mangroves, or marshlands.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Primates | |
| family | Cebidae | |
| genus | Saimiri | |
| species | S. sciureus |
