Chiropotes chiropotes

(von Humboldt in von Humboldt & Bonpland, 1811)

Rio Negro Bearded Saki

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Platyrrhini
Family : Pitheciidae
Subfamily : Pitheciinae
Genus : Chiropotes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Humboldt, A. von and Bonpland, A. 1811. Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée, faites dans l'Océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Premier volume. F. Schoell, Paris, 368 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186501

Original name as described

Simia chiropotes

Other common names

Bearded Saki · Red-backed Saki · Tawny-olive Bearded Saki

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Upper Rio Orinoco south of the cataracts, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. sagulatus and includes israelita, although the nomenclature of these taxa are not well resolved

Taxonomy notes citation

Silva Jr., J. S. and Figueiredo, W. M. B. (2002). Revisão sistemática dos cuxiús, gênero Chiropotes Lesson, 1840 (Primates Pithecidae). Livro de Resumos do XO. Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Primatologia, Amazônia – A Última Fronteira: 21. Belém, Brazil. · Silva-Jr, J. S., Figueiredo-Ready W. M. B., & Ferrari S. F. 2013. Taxonomy and geographic distribution of the Pitheciidae. In: Veiga LM, Barnett AA, Ferrari S & Norconk MA (ed.), Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris, pp. 31-42. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. · Carneiro, J., Sampaio, I., Silva-Júnior, J. D. S. E., Martins-Junior, A., Farias, I., Hrbek, T., ... & Schneider, H. (2023). Molecular Evidence Supports Five Lineages within Chiropotes (Pitheciidae, Platyrrhini). Genes, 14(7), 1309.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000898

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Simia chiropotes

(von Humboldt in von Humboldt & Bonpland, 1811)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

chiropotes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

312

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186501

Authority publication

Paris

Pithecia (Chiropotes) couxio

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

couxio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358371

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Brachyurus Israelita

(von Spix, 1823)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

israelita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 34

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826943

Authority publication

Munich

Pithecia chiropotes

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

chiropotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207527

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Chiropotes couxio

Lesson, 1842

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

couxio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Brachyurus couxiu

(A. R. Wallace, 1854)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

couxiu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680730

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Pithecia Israëlita

(Fitzinger, 1855)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

israelita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

Fitzinger (1855:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)

Chiropotes chiropotes

Groves, 2005

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

chiropotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #43891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #43891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/43891/17976546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chiropotes israelita

Groves, 2005

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

israelita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecia cuxio

(Trouessart, 1897)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

cuxio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404685

Authority publication

Berlin

Pithecia satanas Var. fulvo-fusca

(Trouessart, 1897)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

fulvofusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404685

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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