Golden-faced saki

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] The species is named for the coloration of the male, which has black body hair but orange or red-brown facial hair. The female has lighter body color and more bare skin on the face, with lines of orange hair extending down from below the eyes around the snout, as well as orange ventral fur.[2]

Golden-faced saki[1]

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Pithecia
Species:
P. chrysocephala
Binomial name
Pithecia chrysocephala
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850

References

Data related to Pithecia chrysocephala at Wikispecies

  1. Marsh, L.K.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Rohe, F; de Azevedo, R. (2018). "Pithecia chrysocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T43943A17991938. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  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.
  3. Groves, C. P. (2005). "Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). 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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