Red-backed squirrel monkey  (Saimiri oerstedii)

Facts

Also known as:Central American squirrel monkey
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Cebidae
Genus Saimiri (1)
Size Head/body length: 28 - 33 cm (2)
Tail length: 33 - 43 cm (2)
Male weight: 700 g – 1.1 kg (2)
Female weight: 500 – 750 g (2)

Status

Classified as Endangered (EN B1ab (i, ii, iii)) on the IUCN Red List 2003 (1) and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3). This species has two subspecies: the black-crowned Central American squirrel monkey, Saimiri oerstedii oerstedii, is classified as Endangered (EN B1ab (i, ii, iii)) and the grey-crowned Central American squirrel monkey, Saimiri oerstedii citrinellus, is classified as Critically Endangered (CR B1ab (i, ii, iii)) (1).