diff --git a/dandi/metadata.py b/dandi/metadata.py
index 7b55787a6..f2c00c3f5 100644
--- a/dandi/metadata.py
+++ b/dandi/metadata.py
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ def extract_cellLine(metadata: dict) -> Optional[str]:
         return None
 
 
+# common_names, prefix, uri, name
 species_map = [
     (
         ["mouse"],
@@ -532,6 +533,12 @@ def extract_cellLine(metadata: dict) -> Optional[str]:
         "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_6239",
         "Caenorhabditis elegans",
     ),
+    (
+        ["simia nemestrina"],
+        None,
+        "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9545",
+        "Macaca nemestrina",
+    ),
 ]