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	Squirrel monkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Squirrel monkey fur is short and close, colored olive at the back and yellowish orange on its belly and extremities.
		Remarkably, the brain mass to body mass ratio for squirrel monkeys is 1:17, which gives them the largest brain, proportionately, of all the primates.
		Squirrel monkeys are omnivores, eating primarily fruits and insects.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Squirrel_monkey (422 words)

	Primate Factsheets: Squirrel monkey (Saimiri)
		Squirrel monkeys are quadrupedal and move through the forest preferentially traveling on branches between one and two centimeters in diameter (.394 and.787 in).
		Squirrel monkeys are found primarily in tropical lowland rainforest throughout the Amazon basin from Paraguay to Guyana and in Costa Rica and Panama.
		Squirrel monkeys are habitat generalists thought to have the least restrictive requirements in regard to forest type of any neotropical primate, and can survive in a myriad of habitat types, including disturbed and edge forests (Kinzey 1997).
	pin.primate.wisc.edu /factsheets/entry/squirrel_monkey (2103 words)

	Common Squirrel Monkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) is a small New World primate from the Cebidae family, and native from ten different countries of South America: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
		It is a very agile monkey, with a high metabolic rate, although being an omnivorous animal, it feeds primarily on insects and other invertebrates.
		It is common to see these squirrel monkeys in mixed groups, moving along with other primate species and birds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Squirrel_Monkey (175 words)

	Amazon Animals mammals - small monkeys photo
		Monkeys are common but their activities rarely bring them within sight or sound of humans, unless at remote lodges or where they become tame.
		The Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) is the commonest Amazon monkey, widespread throughout the lowland rainforest.
		Squirrel monkeys like river edges and lake sides, where there is lots of vegetation with vines and lianas, so visitors to the Amazon have a good chance to see this species in the wild.
	www.junglephotos.com /amazon/amanimals/ammammals/smlmonkeys.shtml (449 words)

	Animals In Space Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ LaunchBase.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Monkeys were implanted with sensors to measure vital signs and many were under anesthesia during launch.
		The nosecone sank 1,302 nm downrange from Cape Canaveral and was not recovered.
		Monkeys Able and Baker became the first monkeys to survive spaceflight after their 1959 flight.
	www.launchbase.net /encyclopedia/Animals_in_space (1499 words)

	Group formation of squirrel monkeys
		Although squirrel monkeys are among the most popular laboratory and zoo animals, relatively little is known about their social behaviour in the wild.
		As squirrel monkeys are matrilinear, it is important that all females of a new group are related to each other, that is, that they come from the same natal group.
		Baldwin, J.D., and Baldwin, J.I. (1981): The squirrel monkeys, genus Saimiri.
	www.awionline.org /Lab_animals/biblio/izn-ver.htm (1030 words)

	Squirrel Monkey
		Squirrel monkeys rub urine on themselves, which in turn rubs off on branches and foliage thereby marking their territory.
		Squirrel monkeys feed on fruits, insects, and small animals found in the mid-level canopy of the forest.
		Zoo diet is 2 monkey chow biscuits each in the morning, and chopped mixed fruits in the afternoon and anything else that they can catch.
	www.hilozoo.com /animals/AP_sq_monkey.htm (359 words)

	Common squirrel monkey
		Description: The squirrel monkey's tail is not prehensile but it used in balancing as the animal jumps through the trees.
		Squirrel monkeys also spread urine on their hands and feet, perhaps leaving a scent trail wherever the monkey walks.
		Squirrel monkeys carefully smear food on their tails using their hands.
	www.bristolzoo.org.uk /learning/animals/mammals/squirrel-monkey (460 words)

	Oakland Zoo: Squirrel Monkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Squirrel monkey groups are subdivided into adult male bands, mother-infant bands, and juvenile bands.
		V. Squirrel monkeys move through the trees by leaping.
		INTERPRETIVE INFORMATION: Squirrel monkeys find safety in numbers by feeding in large groups that are too great for the larger monkeys to chase from the trees.
	www.oaklandzoo.org /atoz/azsqmky.html (324 words)

	Endangered Wildlife: Squirrel Monkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The habitat of a squirrel monkey is in the northern part of South America to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil.
		A squirrel monkey is diurnal, feeding primarily in the early morning.
		In the wild and in captivity, squirrel monkeys are seasonal breeders; birth usually occurs in the wet season, February to April.
	www.edu.pe.ca /southernkings/sqmonkey.htm (538 words)

	ILAR Journal Online, Volume 41(1) 2000: The Squirrel Monkey in Biomedical and Behavioral Research
		To demonstrate that squirrel monkey cells express soluble inhibitory factors, GR binding was determined in cytosol from mouse L929 cells, a rich source of high-affinity GR, mixed 1:1 with cytosol from either squirrel monkey lymphoblasts or COS-7 cells.
		Cloning and expression of the glucocorticoid receptor from the squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis), a glucocorticoid-resistant primate.
		Glucocorticoid resistance in the squirrel monkey is associated with overexpression of the immunophilin FKBP51.
	dels.nas.edu /ilar_n/ilarjournal/41_1/Steroid.shtml (4071 words)

	Squirrel Monkeys
		Squirrel Monkeys are often described as one of the most peaceful primates.
		Squirrel Monkeys inhabit virgin and secondary forests of South America.
		Squirrel Monkeys are active in day and night.
	www.squirrel-monkeys.com (334 words)

	Social Sciences, Statistics and Mapping -- The Distribution of the Black Squirrel Monkey
		Although it is not known whether Black Squirrel Monkeys are biologically capable of interbreeding with Common Squirrel Monkeys, these observations suggest that significant barriers to interbreeding do occur in the wild.
		That Squirrel Monkeys have not yet colonized this area suggests that even small bodies of water may act as substantial barriers to colonization and to gene flow between populations of Squirrel Monkeys.
		If this is the case, the Black Squirrel Monkey may represent one of the only known examples of a natural extinction in progress.
	www.nyu.edu /its/pubs/connect/archives/01spring/SchwindtMonkey.html (1769 words)

	Animal Info - Central American Squirrel Monkey
		The Central American squirrel monkey is arboreal and diurnal.
		Central American squirrel monkeys are found in primary and secondary forests and in cultivated areas.
		Studies of these monkeys in Costa Rica indicate that they are highly egalitarian and non-aggressive, with neither males nor females appearing to be dominant over the other sex.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/primate/saimoers.htm (852 words)

	The Squirrel Monkey
		Squirrel monkeys have a wide range of calls from chirps and peeps used to keep in contact with nearby monkeys and to raise the alarm, to squawks and purrs during mating, threatening barks and screams.
		Squirrel monkeys often curls their tail over one shoulder when they are resting.
		"Squirrel monkeys are the carrier of the herpes Saimiri virus, which is deadly for marmosets, tamarins and owl monkeys..."
	www.primatecare.com /squirrel.htm (170 words)

	Monkey Maddness - Owning a Squirrel Monkey "My Experience" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		My main source of care came from the fact that I was a mother of two human primates...and a woman, Kathy Travers, who worked for the ASPCA, exotic animal division (she owned several squirrel monkeys) -that was where I began.
		I also never gave him monkey chow but continue to give him a bottle twice a day with polysol vitamins (afew drops).
		That is a short version of Deborahs experience with her Squirrel Monkey Chippy.
	www.monkeymaddness.com /articles/923444640.html (702 words)

	Squirrel Monkey by Jaeleen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A squirrel monkey is warm- blooded because it's a mammal.
		Squirrel monkeys eat spiders, bird eggs, young birds, fruit, nuts, figs and gums.
		The squirrel monkey has extremely big fingers to climb through the trees.
	www.crockerfarm.org /ac/gr3/animals/JaeleenSquirrelMonkey.htm (165 words)

	Monkey Maddness Bulletin Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Everyone spanks their monkey now and then, it is part of having a monkey in the first place.
		Hi my name is Tess and looking for a chimp, spider or squirrel monkey if anyone out there can give me information on where to get one, breededs, behavior, interaction with children as I am a grand-mother, and other pets.
		I think most squirrel monkeys range from $2500 to $4000 depending on what breeder it is. There are really good breeders in New Orleans, Louisiana.
	www.monkeymaddness.com /bbm/bbm251.htm (2137 words)

	Monkey Maddness - Monkey Article Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is extreamly important to be aware of the safety risks lurking in your home that may lead to the injury, or even the death, of a beloved primate.
		A group of hitherto unknown monkeys has been discovered in the Amazon forest by a Dutch primatologist.
		Just when officials of the UW Graduate School and the Wisconsin Regional Primate Center said they thought the worst of their troubles were over, new ones arose.
	www.monkeymaddness.com /articles (755 words)

	The Squirrel Monkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Squirrel Monkeys move through trees by leaping, Squirrel Monkeys tails are only partly prehensile.
		They can be found in groups of anything from 10 to 200, often broken up into smaller sub-groups of Female and infant, Adult Male, and Juvenile.
		The Squirrel Monkey offspring are dependent on their mothers for the 6 months, and when the female is sexually mature, she will leave her family group in search of another.
	www.andrew.cmu.edu /user/marielr/squirrelmonkeytext.html (78 words)

	Digimorph - Saimiri sciureus (squirrel monkey)
		Saimiri sciureus, the squirrel monkey is a South American or New World monkey.
		South American monkeys or platyrrhines comprise one of the two infraorders (Platyrrhini and Catarrhini) of anthropoid primates.
		Once in the New World, platyrrhines diverged into a variety of forms ranging in size from the smallest living anthropoid (Cebuella) at ~110 grams to the howler monkeys (Alouatta) that reach 11 kg (Fleagle, 1999).
	digimorph.org /specimens/Saimiri_sciureus/338948 (608 words)

	Wild Republic : squirrel monkey
		Squirrel monkeys make continuous croaking, twittering, and barking sounds unlike any other monkey.
		Squirrel monkeys are small, long-legged monkeys with very long tails.
		The average member of a troupe is no larger than a squirrel - that’s how they got their name.
	www.primatestore.com /wildrepublicantuco.htm (119 words)

	Squirrel Monkey
		This is commonly called the red-backed squirrel monkey and is much rarer than the species we see in captivity.
		It should not catch on twigs or branches and is so light weighted the monkey usually doesn't mind it at all, but it gives you a better chance of catching him, should he decide to take off.
		Many squirrels die from worming because of the lack of experience on the part of the owners and the vets.
	www.monkeyzone.com /the_squirrel_monkey.htm (1156 words)

	Squirrel Monkey pictures
		A female Squirrel Monkey is ready to reproduce at the age of 2.5 years old.
		Meanwhile, male Squirrel Monkeys are sexually mature at the age of 4-5 years.
		It is believed that Squirrel Monkeys do so to improve feeding efficiency and achieve better predator protection.
	www.squirrel-monkeys.com /squirrel-monkeys-pictures.htm (253 words)

	Lynn Runckle's Squirrel Monkey Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There was a picture of a little girl monkey named “Missy” wearing a little dress and a diaper.
		I was so impressed with the picture of Darwin sucking his thumb while sleeping in the palm of his dads hand that I printed it out and took the picture with me on a weekend trip out of town.
		It was very clear that letting go of this little thing of a monkey was going to be very difficult for her.
	www.jimhouston.onlinecoa.com /darwin/lynns_story.htm (2252 words)

	Species Profile for Red-backed squirrel monkey
		Federal Register documents that apply to the Red-backed squirrel monkey.
		USFWS Refuges on which the Red-backed squirrel monkey is reported.
		The Red-backed squirrel monkey was first listed on June 02, 1970.
	ecos.fws.gov /species_profile/SpeciesProfile?spcode=A01S (139 words)

	SQUIRREL MONKEY - LoveToKnow Article on SQUIRREL MONKEY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		SQUIRREL MONKEY - LoveToKnow Article on SQUIRREL MONKEY
		, the English name of a small goldenhaired South American monkey, commonly known as Chrysothrix sciurea, and also applied to the two other members of the same genus, whose collective range extends from Costa Rica to Bolivia and Brazil.
		It has, however, been proposed to transfer,the name C/zr ysot/irix to the marmosets of the genus Ha pale, to which it is stated to have been originally applied, and to replace it by Saimiris.
	68.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SQ/SQUIRREL_MONKEY.htm (99 words)

	CHORI-254: Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis) BAC Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The CHORI-254 Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis, male) BAC library has been constructed at the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, BACPAC Resources, by Doriana Misceo and Dr. Baoli Zhu using the cloning techniques developed in our laboratory (Osoegawa et al., 1998).
		The specimen was provided by Dr. Christian R. Abee, The Squirrel Monkey Breeding and Research Resource (SMBRR - IPBRR), Department of Comparative Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
		DNA was isolated from fresh kidney cells after preparing a cell suspension using a Dounce homogenizer with a tight pestle clearance: 0.001-0.003 inches.
	bacpac.chori.org /library.php?id=138 (399 words)

	Squirrel Monkey
		The squirrel monkey picture can be seen on most monkey photo sites.
		Their orange fur and funny faces are a great amusement for those who happen to see them.
		Though there is a slight color variation within the species, the most common color pattern is that with white around ears, eyes, throat, and some areas on the neck.
	www.gotpetsonline.com /squirrel-monkey/squirrel-monkey.html (200 words)

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