Golden-faced saki
| Golden-faced saki[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Pitheciidae |
| Genus: | Pithecia |
| Species: | P. chrysocephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Pithecia chrysocephala I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850 | |
The golden-faced saki (Pithecia chrysocephala) is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is found in Brazil north of the Amazon, on both sides of the Rio Negro.[2] This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the white-faced saki (P. pithecia),[3] but was raised to full species status in 2014.[2]
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Wikispecies has information related to: Pithecia chrysocephala |
- 1 2 Mittermeier, R.A.; Veiga, L.M.; Marsh, L.K. (2015). "Pithecia chrysocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- 1 2 Marsh, L. K. (July 2014). "A Taxonomic Revision of the Saki Monkeys, Pithecia Desmarest, 1804". Neotropical Primates. 21 (1): 1–165. doi:10.1896/044.021.0101.
- ↑ Groves, C.P. (2005). "Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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