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.

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

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