Pithecia aequatorialis

Hershkovitz, 1987

Equatorial Saki

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hershkovitz, P. 1987. The taxonomy of South American sakis, genus Pithecia (Cebidae, Platyrrhini): a preliminary report and critical review with the description of a new species and a new subspecies. American Journal of Primatology 12(4):387-468.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.1350120402

Original name as described

Pithecia aequatorialis

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:86992

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=a097e692-34d5-45ef-8710-95cbe897ef51

Type locality

Santa Luisa, lower Río Nanay, Loreto department, Peru. Altitude c.160 m.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000902

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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.

Pithecia aequatorialis

Hershkovitz, 1987

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

aequatorialis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:86992

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=a097e692-34d5-45ef-8710-95cbe897ef51

Authority page

429

Authority publication

American Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Marsh (2014:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/23820)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17402/17971831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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