| Description | The white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia), called the Guianan saki and the golden-faced saki, is a species of the New World saki monkey. They can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. This species lives in the understory and lower canopy of the forest, feeding mostly on fruits, nuts, seeds, humans, and insects. Although they are arboreal creatures and are specialists of swinging from tree to tree (brachiation), they are also terrestrial when foraging. White-faced sakis typically live around 14 years in their natural habitat and have been recorded to live up to 36 years in captivity. Sakis are active in the day and sleep highly elevated (15-20m) in trees with many leaves to shelter them from weather and flying predators. [6]
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Pitheciidae : Pithecia : Pithecia pithecia |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Pitheciidae : Pithecia : Pithecia pithecia |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Pithecia |
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| Scientific Name | Pithecia pithecia (Linnaeus, 1766) |
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| Name Published In | Syst. Nat., 12th ed. vol.1 p.40 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Pithecia pithecia | species | belongs to Pithecia | stated without evidence | Linnaeus, 1766 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Mammalia) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | omnivore (based on Primates) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder. 2005. Mammal species of the world : a taxonomic and geographic reference |
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| Common Name(s) | White-faced Saki, Guianan Saki |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pithecia_pithecia |
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| Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (2005) , Mammal species of the world : a taxonomic and geographic reference, 1-2142 |
| Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life |
| Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World - via Catalogue of Life |
| Groves, Colin P. (2001) Primate Taxonomy - via Catalogue of Life |
| Marsh, Laura K. (2014) A Taxonomic Revision of the Saki Monkeys, Pithecia Desmarest, 1804: Neotropical Primates, vol. 21, no. 1 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Marsh, Laura K., 2014: A Taxonomic Revision of the Saki Monkeys, Pithecia Desmarest, 1804. Neotropical Primates, vol. 21, no. 1. 1-163. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds., 2013: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates. 951. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Groves, Colin P., 2001: null. Primate Taxonomy. viii+350. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. xxxv + 743. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds. (2013) Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates - via Catalogue of Life |
Pithecia pithecia
