Scientific name:
Saimiri sciureus

Natural spread:
South America

the approximately cat-big skull-monkeys (head-torso-length on average 30 cm, tail-length 40 cm) lives over 300 animals in its home-areas of Guyana until Bolivia and Brazil in often large hordes as well, with what silently or softly äsend it, small animals, leaves and fruits, babbling through the Blätterdach of the forest-edges moves. In what way these large groups get together from smaller social units, is not adequately clarified until now, however this is suspected.

Skull-monkeys work despite its repulsive German name rather attractively, that refers to the headstrong face-drawing of the animals.

The innocently working mouth looks as it has appeared from the blueberry-compote just, the round, soft little forecastle tempts to caressing, and the beautiful high forehead and big eyes do the her to the flatly nice impression.

In younger time, one explored important mechanisms in spacious enclosures to the stabilization of its Gruppenlebens, hardly be available until now during homestead-observations. In order to acquire an individual-scent, the Saimiris with its own urine, that they rub in on body and tail-fur, impregnate themselves. So, the individual one is on the basis of its scent recognizable for the members of the group. However, the social position is caused through the Genitalpräsentieren, with which the erigierte penis is the signal of the Ranghöheren. Whoever carry out this strength-act the longest and the most strongly as well as. retain, stands the most highly on the position-leader.

Endangering Skull-monkeys are endangered through destructions of its habitat and through its catch for research-purposes.