Pithecia
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Pithecia pithecia (white-faced saki)
See also: pithecia
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “monkey”) + -ia.
Proper noun
Pithecia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pitheciidae – saki monkeys, of tropical South America.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Platyrrhini - parvorder; Pitheciidae - family; Pitheciinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pithecia pithecia (white-faced saki) - type species; for other species see
Pithecia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coordinate terms
- (genus in Pithecinae): Chiropotes (bearded sakis), Cacajao (uakaris) - genera
References
- Pithecia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pithecia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Pithecia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Pithecia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Pithecia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Pithecia in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
