📸 PhotoPhoto: Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Guianan Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri sciureus (Guianan Squirrel Monkey · コモンリスザル)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its average weight of 925 g is slightly lighter than a 1 L bottle of water (about 1 kg) (Comparison).
- 💡 It has been kept as a pet and used in scientific research.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Guianan Squirrel Monkey is an agile small monkey of South American forests, known for gathering in large squirrel monkey troops.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has a slender, lightweight build with short grayish fur and bright yellow legs, and its tail is not prehensile. Males have large upper canines, and its digits bear flat nails instead of claws.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds mainly on fruit, along with insects, spiders, leaves, and seeds. A single troop may gather up to 300 individuals, with females forming the core of the group.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2021) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/43968/192584742
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000855
- • iucnredlist.org — 192584742
- • wikidata.org — Q476930
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Brazilian Squirrel monkey- Bonnet House (4233828740).jp
- • animaldiversity.org — Saimiri sciureus
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Saimiri)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.