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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Tetrapoda
  3. Mammalia
  4. Primates
  5. Cebidae
  6. Saimiri
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. laboratory animals
  3. mammals
  4. nonhuman primates
  5. Cebidae
  6. Saimiri
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. laboratory animals
  3. mammals
  4. nonhuman primates
  5. Cebidae
  6. Saimiri
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. vertebrates
  3. mammals
  4. nonhuman primates
  5. Cebidae
  6. Saimiri
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. vertebrates
  3. mammals
  4. nonhuman primates
  5. Cebidae
  6. Saimiri

Preferred term

Saimiri

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information These are agile, arboreal primates belonging to the New World monkeys. They are small-sized and live in groups. They are commonly known as squirrel monkeys and are found in neotropical regions.

    Source: AWIC

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Synonyms

  • squirrel monkeys

Has taxonomic rank

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/23237

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