Saimiri Voigt, 1831 . In Cuvier, Das Thierreich, 1:95.

TYPE SPECIES: Simia sciurea Linnaeus, 1758 .

SYNONYMS: Chrysothrix, Pithesciurus .

COMMENTS: Placed in a separate subfamily Saimirinae by Hershkovitz (1970a) and Napier (1976).