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Rio Tapajós saki

The Rio Tapajós saki or Gray's bald-faced saki is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in parts of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, southeastern Peru and possibly northern Bolivia.

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Jul 27, 2026
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Rio Tapajós saki1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Primates
Family: Pitheciidae
Genus: Pithecia
Species:
P. irrorata
Binomial name
Pithecia irrorata
Rio Tapajós saki range

The Rio Tapajós saki or Gray's bald-faced saki3 (Pithecia irrorata) is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in parts of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, southeastern Peru and possibly northern Bolivia.3

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References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Primates". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Marsh, L.K.; Martins, A.B.; Calouro, A.M.; Alves, S.L.; Mollinedo, J.M.; Wallace, R.B. (2021). "Pithecia irrorata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T70610758A192448119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T70610758A192448119.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. Marsh, L. K. (July 2014). "A Taxonomic Revision of the Saki Monkeys, Pithecia Desmarest, 1804". Neotropical Primates. 21 (1): 1–165. doi:10.1896/044.021.0101. S2CID 86516301.