Saimiri oerstedii Reinhardt 1872

Saimiri oerstedii Reinhardt 1872, Vidensk. Medd. Nat. Hist. Kjobenhaven: 157.

Type Locality: Panama, Chiriquí, vicinity of David.

Vernacular Names: Central American Squirrel Monkey.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Saimiri oerstedii subsp. oerstedii Reinhardt 1872

Subspecies Saimiri oerstedii subsp. citrinellus Thomas 1904

Distribution: Panama, Costa Rica.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered as S. o. citrinellus, Endangered as Saimiri o. oerstedii .

Discussion: S. sciureus species group. Hershkovitz (1972 a) considered oerstedii a subspecies of sciureus; but see Hershkovitz (1984).