Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1796
Primary Source Reference:
A Scientific and Descriptive Catalogue of Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, 1796), p. 9
Additional Source Text:
In his Natural History Lecture No. 1 (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University), Peale wrote: "The Simiri is remarkable in having the parts round the Eyes white. The hair on the back is of a grisly Green, and the outer parts of the arms and legs of a Dark redish Colour. Buffon calls it Simiri & Linn: Saimia Sciureus. It is said to be a species of Monkey between the Sapajous and the sagoins – that is, between the monkey that do not hold by their tail, and those that do. "
Notes:
Several now-separate squirrel monkey species were formerly considered a single species, Saimiri scuireus, generally known as the common squirrel monkey, with a wide range in the northern half of South America. Today S. scuireus applies to the squirrel monkeys in northern Brazil and the Guianas, pictured here.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Saimiri
Peale's Scientific Name:
Simia sciure Lin.
Current Common Name:
Guianan squirrel monkey
Current Scientific Name
Saimiri sciureus
