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/42946236Original 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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