Saimiri oerstedii Reinhardt, 1872 . Vidensk. Medd. Nat. Hist. Kjobenhaven, p. 157.

TYPE LOCALITY: Panama, Chiriqui, David .

DISTRIBUTION: Panama; Costa Rica.

COMMENT: Hershkovitz, 1972, Int. Zoo Yearb., 12:1 -12, considered oerstedii a subspecies of sciureus; but see Hill, 1960, Comparative Anatomy and Taxonomy: Primates, IV. Cebidae (Part A), p. 300-302; Hall, 1981:265.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301406006008001001.