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Pithecia Desmarest 1804 (saki)

Mammalia - Primates - Pitheciidae

Parent taxon: Pitheciidae according to J. C. Opazo et al. 2006

See also Hershkovitz 1974, Illiger 1811 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Antillothrix, Cacajao, Callicebinae, Chiropotes, Mohanamico, Paralouatta, Pitheciini

Subtaxa: 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 Pithecia vanzolinii

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Manaus (Quaternary of Brazil)

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