Squirrel Monkey

Kingdom: Animalia

Characteristics that place it here:

-Multi cellular

-Their cells do not have cell walls

-Give live birth

Phylum: Chordata

Characteristics that place it here:

-They have a tail

-Complete digestive system

-All animals in this class have a skeleton

Class: Mammalia

Characteristics that place it here:

-Grow hair on their bodies

-Feed their young with milk

Order: Primates

Characteristics that place it here:

-They rely on their sight for food and to get around

-Have very complex social behavior

Family: Cebidae

Characteristics that place it here:

-They have very long tails for the size of their body

-They lack fur on their under side

Genius: Saimiri

Characteristics that place it here:

-It is a new world monkey

-It is found in tropical rainforests and swamps in Central and South America

Species: Saimiri Sciureus

Characteristics that place it here:

-approximately 12.5 inches in height 

-tail , on average, is 14 inches long

-they have a yellow-greyish to reddish coat

-yellow fore arms and legs

-all have 36 teeth

My Monkey Poem

Live in the canopy

Very social with other kinds

Eat nuts and fruit

References I used were:

For information, pictures, and background:

http://www.monkeymadness.com/

For more information:

http://www.scz.org/animals/m/sqmnkey.html

For more pictures:

http://zoo.interaccess.com/tour/factsheets/mammals/sq_monkey.html