Pithecia milleri

J. A. Allen, 1914

Miller's 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

Allen, J.A. 1914-12-14. New South American monkeys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33(43):647-655.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1803

Original name as described

Pithecia milleri

Other common names

Miller's Monk Saki

Type material

AMNH M-33876

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-33876

Type locality

near Morelia (alt. 700 ft) at the head of the Río Fragua, Department of Caquetá, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

Taxonomy notes

split from P. monachus

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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000910

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 milleri

J. A. Allen, 1914

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

milleri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-33876

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-33876

Authority page

650

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Marsh (2014:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/23820)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17407/192446875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pithecia monachus milleri

Groves, 2005

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

milleri

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 (2013:475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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