Pithecia pithecia

(Linnaeus, 1766)

White-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
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

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/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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pithecia rufiventer

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

rufiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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

Pithecia adusta

I. von Olfers, 1818

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

adusta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN 452

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

198

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Simia leucocephala

(J. B. Audebert, 1797)

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

9, pl. 2

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Pithecia nocturna

I. von Olfers, 1818

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

nocturna

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · not_usedasvalid

Type

RMNH.MAM.39097

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39097

Authority page

198

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Lesson (1842:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Pithecia ochrocephala

Kuhl, 1820

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

ochrocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39097

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39097

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230802

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecia rufibarbata

Kuhl, 1820

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

rufibarbata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39098

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39098

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230802

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

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

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

Erxleben (1777:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Sagouin leucocephalus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

leucocephalus

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)

Pithecia leucocephala

Illiger, 1815

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

leucocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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. Lesson (1827:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Yarkea Leucocephala

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

leucocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Pithecia pithecia

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

pithecia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

86

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Marsh (2014:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/23820)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/43942/192447247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pithecia pithecia pithecia

Groves, 2005

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

pithecia

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)

Pithecia adusta

Illiger, 1815

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

adusta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

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

Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Pithecia nocturna

Illiger, 1815

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

nocturna

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

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

Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Simia rufiventer

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in von Humboldt, 1811)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

rufiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186549

Authority publication

Paris

Pithecia saki

Muirhead, 1819

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

saki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

400

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

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

Pithecia ochrocephala

A. G. Desmarest, 1821

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

ochrocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523854

Authority publication

Paris

Pithecia rufibarba

A. G. Desmarest, 1821

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

rufibarba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523854

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

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