Pithecia chrysocephala

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851

Golden-faced 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

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1851. Note sur plusieurs espèces nouvelles de Mammifères, de l'ordre des Primates. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 31:873-876.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1224797

Original name as described

Pithecia chrysocephala

Type material

RMNH.MAM.63700.a, RMNH.MAM.63700.b

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.63700.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.63700.b

Type locality

Manacapurú, Amazonas, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

split from P. pithecia

Taxonomy notes citation

March, L.K. 2014. A taxonomic revision of the Saki Monkeys, Pithecia Desmarest, 1804. Neotropical Primates 21(1): 1-165.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000905

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.

Pithecia pogonias

J. E. Gray, 1842

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

pogonias

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.4.29.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2199d544-268c-40b0-8823-1c19291f3564 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f453573f-c0ee-40ca-b700-21a3c593cc02

Authority page

256

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324280

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1844:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40020034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57405)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecia chrysocephala

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

chrysocephala

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.63700.a, RMNH.MAM.63700.b

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.63700.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.63700.b

Authority page

875

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1224797

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:294, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Marsh (2014:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/23820)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/43943/17991938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pithecia monachus lotichiusi

R. F. W. Mertens, 1925

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

lotichiusi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:6692

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana

Name usages

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

Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala

Tate, 1939

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

chrysocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

221

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1939:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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