Pithecia

Pithecia pithecia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Platyrrhini

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Platyrrhini

Familia: Pitheciidae
Subfamilia: Pitheciinae
Genus: Pithecia
Species (13): P. aequatorialis – P. albicans – P. cazuzai – P. chrysocephala – P. hirsuta – P. inusta – P. irrorata – P. isabela – P. milleri – P. monachus – P. napensis – P. pithecia – P. vanzolinii
Species inquirendae (3): P. mittermeieri – P. pissinattii – P. rylandsi

Name

Pithecia Desmarest, 1804: 8

Type species: Simia pithecia Linnaeus, 1766, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Calletrix Fleming, 1822: 174 [lapsus]
• Pithecia (Yarkea) Lesson, 1840: 176

References

Primary references

• Desmarest, A.G. 1804. Tableau méthodique des mammifères. Pp. 5–38. BHL In: Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, Principalement à l'Agriculture et à l'Économie rurale et domestique XXIV. Paris: Deterville. BHL Reference page. 
• ICZN 1931. Opinion 122. Seven Generic Names in Primates Adopted in the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(7): 33. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fleming, J. 1822. The philosophy of zoology; or a general view of the structure, functions, and classification of animals. In two volumes. With engravings. Archibald Constable & Co. Edinburgh. 2: 1-618. BHL Reference page. 
• Lesson, R.-P. 1840. Species des mammifères bimanes et quadrumanes; suivi d'un mémoire sur les Oryctéropes. J.-B. Baillière: Paris. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.8829 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Marsh, L.K. 2014. A taxonomic revision of the saki monkeys, Pithecia Desmarest, 1804. Neotropical Primates 21(1): 1–163. DOI: 10.1896/044.021.0101 ; Full issue (PDF-part 1) (PDF-part 2)Reference page. 
• Serrano-Villavicencio, J.E., Hurtado, C.M., Vendramel, R.L. & Nascimento, F.O. do 2019. Reconsidering the taxonomy of the Pithecia irrorata species group (Primates: Pitheciidae). Journal of Mammalogy 100(1): 130–141. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyy167 Reference page. 

Links

• Pithecia in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Saki Monkeys
日本語: サキ属

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