Ecuadorian squirrel monkey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Ecuadorian squirrel monkey lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Saimiri macrodon
Group	Monkeys
Found in	4 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cebidae

Where does the Ecuadorian squirrel monkey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Ecuadorian squirrel monkey in 4 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Jutaí.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the Ecuadorian squirrel monkey?

The Ecuadorian squirrel monkey (Saimiri macrodon) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cebidae, genus Saimiri. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Ecuadorian squirrel monkey

The Ecuadorian squirrel monkey (Saimiri cassiquiarensis macrodon) is a type of squirrel monkey. It had been considered a subspecies of the Guianan squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus, but was elevated to a full species, S. macrodon, based on a 2009 study by Carretero-Pinzón, et al. Based on subsequent genetic research by Jessica Lynch Alfaro, et al it was again reclassified as a subspecies of Humboldt's squirrel monkey.

The Ecuadorian squirrel monkey lives in the western Brazilian Amazon, as well as southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and northern and eastern Peru. It lives in humid tropical and subtropical forest, preferring dense forest but able to live in secondary forest and disturbed forest as well. It can live at elevations up to 1,200 m (3,900 ft), but where it has been studied in Ecuador it prefers elevations under 500 m (1,600 ft).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ecuadorian squirrel monkey (revision 1314572250), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q41088164 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).