page_title: List of mammals of Panama
section_title: Order: Primates
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Panama / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Primates
caption_attribution_description: English: Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) at Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Panama. Among the mammals in Panama, two are critically endangered, seven are endangered, eleven are vulnerable and three are near threatened. One species is classified as extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes. All the non-human Panamanian primates are New World monkeys.
  Suborder: Haplorhini
  Infraorder: Simiiformes
  Parvorder: Platyrrhini (New World monkeys)
  Family: Aotidae
  Genus: Aotus
  Panamanian night monkey, Aotus zonalis DD – may be a subspecies of gray-bellied night monkey, Aotus lemurinus VU
  Family: Cebidae
  Subfamily: Callitrichinae
  Genus: Saguinus
  Geoffroy's tamarin, Saguinus geoffroyi LC
  Subfamily: Cebinae
  Genus: Cebus
  Colombian white-faced capuchin, Cebus capucinus LC
  Panamanian white-faced capuchin, Cebus imitator LC
  Genus: Saimiri
  Central American squirrel monkey, Saimiri oerstedii VU
  Family: Atelidae
  Subfamily: Alouattinae
  Genus: Alouatta
  Mantled howler, Alouatta palliata LC
  Coiba Island howler, Alouatta coibensis EN
  Subfamily: Atelinae
  Genus: Ateles
  Black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) CR
  Geoffroy's spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi EN
caption: Central American squirrel monkey
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