SAIMIRI—SAMIRIS. 61 
Saimiri (subgenus of Simia) Vorcr, 1831. Primates, Cebid:e. 
Vorat, Cuvier's Thierreich, I, 95,* 1831; I. GEorrRov, Lecons de Mammalogie, 
19, 1835 (extrait Écho du Monde Savant, I, 1835). 
Saimiris GEorrRov, Comptes Rendus, Paris, XVI, 1151, 1843; Zool. Voy. ‘Vénus,’ 
45, 1855; DaAnrnBow, Zool. Stud., 1, 146, 155-158, 1857; Pautmer, Proc. Biol. Soc. 
Wash., XI, 174, June 9, 1897 (name revived); MEERwamTH, Zool. Garten, 
XXXVIII, No. 9, p. 265, Sept., 1897. 
Samiris BrvrgB, in Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, 1840, 61 footnote; new ed., 1849, 
61 footnote; new ed., 1863, 49 footnote. 
Type: Simia sciurea Linnzeus, from Brazil. 
Saimiri: Caymirt (pronounced saimirvi), native name of this monkey on the 
Amazon, adopted by Buffon (Hist. Nat., XV, 67, 1767). Probably from the 
Brazilian sai, or cai, monkey. 
Sajus RarixEsQUE, 1815. Primates, Cebid:e. 
Analyse de la Nature, 53, 1815. 
New name for Callithrix Cuvier, in part (‘‘Sajus R. Callit[h ]rix Cuv. Cebus Erxl." ). 
Sajus: French sajou, abbreviation of e«yowassow or sajouassou; native name of a 
monkey on the Amazon. Probably from Brazilian sai, or cai, monkey. 
Sakinus Rarinesque; 1815. Primates, Cebid:e. 
Analyse de la Nature, Addendum, p. 219, 1815. 
New name for Sy/vanus Rafinesque, previously proposed on p. 53 of the ‘ Analyse.’ 
The latter name is preoccupied by Sy/vanus Latreille, 1807, a genus of Coleoptera. 
Sakinus: Saki, native name of a South American monkey adopted by Buffon 
(Hist. Nat., XV, 88, 1767). à 
Salanoia (subgenus of Galidia) Gray, 1864. Fer,” Viverride. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 523-524; Cat..Carn., Pachyderm., & Edentate 
Mamm. Brit. Mus., 56, 1869. 
Species: Gulidia concolor 1. Geoffroy, and G. olivacea I. Geoffroy, from Madagascar. 
Salanoia: Salano, native name of Galidia olivacea in Madagascar. 
Salmacis GLocer, 1841. Primates, Cercopithecidee. 
Hand- u. Hilfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp. xxvii, 35-36, 1841; THoMas, Ann. & 
Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., XV, 190, Feb. 1, 1895. 
New name for Macaca Lacépéde, 1799. 
Salmacis: In Greek mythology the nymph of a fountain in Caria, a weak, effem- 
inate person—possibly in allusion to the fact that the macaques are more 
tractable and gentle than the baboons. (D’Orbigny’s Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat., 
VII, 527.) 
Sambur Hzvpr, 1888. Ungulata, Artiodactyla, Cervid:e. 
Mém. Hist. Nat. Empire Chinois, II, p. 8, pls. rr, xir, 1888; LvpEKKER, Zool. 
Record for 1887, XXIV, Mamm., p. 45, 1888. 
Type: Cervus aristotelis Cuvier. ‘‘Je nommerai . . . Sambur le type de C. aristo- 
telis de la plaine de Mékong," Cochin China. (Hzvpzr.) 
Sambur: Hindu sambre, from Sanscrit cambara, a kind of deer. 
Samiris Biyrn, 1840. Primates, Cebidee. 
BrvrH, in Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, 1840, 61 footnote; new ed., 1849, 61 footnote; 
new ed., 1863, 49 footnote. 
** originally proposed by Lacépéde for the Sagouins ( Callithrix), among 
which the Saimiri was included, can only lead to confusion if applied to the 
latter exclusively. We would suggest, therefore, the appellation Samiris, 
formed out of the vernacular." (Brvrm.) 
See Saimiri Voigt, 1831. 
Sagoinus 


* Alston does not admit that the name is here used as a generic term. (See 
Biologia Centrali-Americana, Mamm., 15 footnote, 1880.) ' 
