Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri Sciureus

	Bucknell houses two adult squirrel monkeys in an indoor/outdoor enclosure at the animal behavior lab. The group consists of one adult male and one adult female who are descendant of a group imported from Georgetown, Guiana in 1981.

Student Research 

· Gross, A.C. & K.K. Schroepfer. 2005. Repetitive behavior and frontal lobe functioning in nonhuman primates. Kalman Research Symposium Presentation. Bucknell University

· Vanessa Hull. Honors Thesis. The role of olfactory communication in the social systems of the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) and brown capuchin (Cebus apella).