The Colombian squirrel monkeys are an endemic subspecies of the piedmont of Colombian Llanos (Figure 1). They live in large groups (15 – 53 individuals) in which the core groups are formed by the females and their offspring, joined by a few resident males. Bachelor groups (groups of only males) have also been observed in continuous and fragmented areas where they live. They eat arthropods (spiders, grasshoppers, crickets, cockroach, moths and other insects), fruits, nectar and in some very rare occasions leaves. They live in large territories that overlap with other group’s territories, without a strong defense of those territories.
Figure 1. Distribution of the Colombian squirrel monkeys (Saimiri cassiquiarensis albigena), endemic subspecies of Colombia. (Distribución de los monos titis o frailes, subespecie endémica de Colombia (Saimiri cassiquiarensis albigena)).
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Los monos titis o frailes de Colombia, son una subespecie endémica del piedemonte de los Llanos Colombianos (Figura 1). Viven en grupos grandes (15 – 53 individuos), cuyo centro lo constituyen las hembras y sus crias (infantiles y juveniles), acompañadas de algunos pocos machos adultos residentes. Grupos de machos solteros (bachelor groups, o grupos de solo machos) también han sido observados en las áreas fragmentadas y continuas donde la subespecie habita. Comen artrópodos (arañas, grillos, polillas, cucarachas y otros insectos), frutos, nectar y en muy raras ocasiones hojas. Viven en territorios grandes que se sobrelapan con el territorio de grupos vecinos pero que no son fuertemente defendidos.
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