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
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/62186501Original 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
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