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Monk saki
Species of New World monkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The monk saki (Pithecia monachus) also known as Geoffroy's monk saki, is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in forested areas of northwestern Brazil and northeastern Peru.[3]
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Monk saki[1] | |
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Illustration by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Pitheciidae |
Genus: | Pithecia |
Species: | P. monachus |
Binomial name | |
Pithecia monachus (É. Geoffroy, 1812) | |
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Approximate range of the monk saki (includes P. hirsuta, P. monachus, P. inusta, and P. milleri) |
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