Pithecia pithecia

(Linnaeus, 1766)

White-faced Saki

Pair of adults showing sexually dimorphic coloration. Identified by Laura K. Marsh. Also as Guianan Saki|Pale-headed Saki|Guiana White-faced Saki.
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Location:USA, SC, Richland Co., Columbia, Riverbanks Zoo and GardenDate taken:Jan 1, 1979

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 402

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

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946236

Original name as described

Simia Pithecia

Other common names

Guianan Saki · Pale-headed Saki · Guiana White-faced Saki

Type material

MNHN "452"

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

Guiania (= La Guyane or French Guiana).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. chrysocephala

Taxonomy notes citation

Marsh, L.K. 2014. A taxonomic revision of the saki monkeys, Pithecia Desmarest, 1804. Neotropical Primates 21(1):1-165. doi:10.1896/044.021.0101

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000913

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.

Total: 27 names and synonyms.

Simia Pithecia

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

pithecia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN "452"

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946236

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1766:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  2. Boddaert (1772:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  3. Boddaert (1785:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  4. Gmelin (1788:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Wolf (1796:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  7. Audebert (1800:@fam. 6 sec. 1 p. 7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68278)
  8. Shaw (1800:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  9. Turton (1802:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  10. Virey (1819:279, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
  11. Gray (1821:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  12. Griffith (1821:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)

Callithrix Pithecia

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

pithecia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872852

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Zimmermann (1783:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)

Cebus Pithecius

(Link, 1795)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

pithecius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272939

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Link (1795:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)

Simia Leucocephala

(Audebert, 1800)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

leucocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-929

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-929

Authority page

fam. 6 sec. 1 p. 9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948865

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Audebert (1800:@fam. 6 sec. 1 p. 9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68278)
  2. Humboldt (1812:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50714)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Sagouin leucocephalus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

leucocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033397

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Sagouin pithecus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

pithecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033397

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Callitrix leucocephala

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

leucocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)

Callitrix pithecia

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

pithecia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)

Cercopithecus leucocephalus

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

leucocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497909

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Pithecia leucocephala

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

leucocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499311

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
  2. Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Olfers (1818:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38523)
  4. Muirhead (1819:400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  5. Desmarest (1821:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  6. Schinz (1821:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  7. Lesson (1827:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  8. Blyth (1840:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  9. Gray (1844:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40020037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57405)
  10. Murray (1866:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  11. Gray (1871:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  12. Sclater (1872:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)

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