Pithecia albicans

J. E. Gray, 1860

Buffy 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

Gray, J.E. 1860-08. Note on the species of the genus Pithecia, with the description of a new species, _P. albicans_. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860(2):228-231.

Original name as described

Pithecia albicans

Other common names

White Saki · White-footed Saki

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1860.4.16.3

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Rio Tefé, south bank Rio Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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