Pithecia monachus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in von Humboldt, 1812)

Monk 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

Humboldt, A. von. 1812-08-07. Tableau synoptique des singes de l'Amérique. Pp. 353–363 in Humboldt, A. von and Bonpland, A. (eds.). 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/62186550

Original name as described

Simia monachus

Other common names

Hairy Saki · Geoffroy's Monk Saki

Type material

MNHN 2005-928

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Brazil. Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1987 to "left bank of the Rio Solimões between Tabatinga and the Rio Tonantins."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Peru

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. hirsuta, P. milleri, P. napensis, and P. inusta

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/1000911

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 monachus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

monachus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-928

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-928

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499310

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
  2. Desmarest (1821:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  3. Schinz (1821:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Lesson (1827:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Murray (1866:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  6. Jiménez de la Espada (1870:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69139)
  7. Gray (1871:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  8. Sclater (1872:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1980:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  10. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1991:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  12. Groves (1993:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  13. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  14. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  15. Marsh (2014:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/23820)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/70609726/17971958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Simia monachus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in von Humboldt, 1812)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

monachus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 2005-928

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186550

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Humboldt (1812:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50714)

Pithecia Monacha

Illiger, 1815

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

monacha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Olfers (1818:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38523)
  3. Schlegel (1876:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
  4. Elliot (1913:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  5. Tate (1939:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)

Cebus Monachus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

monachus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Pithecia monacha monacha

Tate, 1939

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

monacha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

221

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1939:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)

Pithecia monachus monachus

Groves, 2005

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

monachus

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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