Saimiri boliviensis I. Geoffroy and Blainville 1834

Saimiri boliviensis I. Geoffroy and Blainville 1834, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 3: 89.

Type Locality: Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Rio San Miguel, Guarayos Mission.

Vernacular Names: Black-capped Squirrel Monkey.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Saimiri boliviensis subsp. boliviensis I. Geoffroy and Blainville 1834

Subspecies Saimiri boliviensis subsp. peruviensis Hershkovitz 1984

Distribution: Upper Amazon in Peru; SW Brazil; Bolivia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Least Concern.

Discussion: S. boliviensis species group. Originally separated from S. sciureus by Hershkovitz (1984); not recognized as a species by Thorington (1985) or Costello et al. (1993), but belongs to a different species group according to Groves (2001 c).