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squirrel monkey

Small, tree-dwelling New World monkey that eats mainly fruit, with some insects. They have long, non-prehensile tails and live in groups of as many as 200 individuals.

Classification
Squirrel monkeys are in genus Saimiri family Cebidae, order Primates.

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squirrel monkey (redirected from Saimiri)

squirrel monkey

Classification

squirrel monkey
(redirected from Saimiri)