Pithecia vanzolinii Hershkovitz 1987 (saki)

Mammalia - Primates - Pitheciidae

Alternative combination: Pithecia irrorata vanzolinii

Full reference: P. Hershkovitz. 1987. The Taxonomy of South American Sakis, Genus Pithecia (Cebidae, Platyrrhini): A Preliminary Report and Critical Review With the Description of a New Species and a New Subspecies. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 12:387-468

Belongs to Pithecia according to C. J. Burgin et al. 2018

See also Hershkovitz 1987

Sister taxa: Pithecia aequatorialis, Pithecia albicans, Pithecia cazuzai, Pithecia chrysocephala, Pithecia hirsuta, Pithecia inusta, Pithecia irrorata, Pithecia isabela, Pithecia milleri, Pithecia mittermeieri, Pithecia monachus, Pithecia napensis, Pithecia pissinattii, Pithecia pithecia, Pithecia rylandsi

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pithecia vanzolinii in the database

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