Collins' squirrel monkey (''Saimiri collinsii'') is a species of squirrel monkey from Brazil. It had been considered a subspecies of the

common squirrel monkey Common squirrel monkey is the traditional common name for several small squirrel monkey species native to the tropical areas of South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern ...

(''S. sciureus'') until a genetic study by Jessica Lynch Alfaro et al. elevated it to species status. Male Collins' squirrel monkeys have a head and body length of about with a tail. Females have a head and body length of about with a tail. Collins' squirrel monkeys eat palm fruits,

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s, insects, bird eggs and occasionally lizards.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q18650090 Squirrel monkeys Mammals described in 1914 Primates of South America Mammals of Brazil Taxa named by Wilfred Hudson Osgood