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Pithecia Desmarest 1804

Description

Pithecia Desmarest, 1804. Tabi. Meth. Hist Nat., in Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 24:8.

TYPE SPECIES: Simia pithecia Linnaeus, 1766.

SYNONYMS: Callitrix; Yarkea Lesson, 1840.

COMMENTS: Revised by Hershkovitz (1987d).

Notes

Published as part of Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Primates, pp. 243-277 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 261, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353122

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Biodiversity

Family
Cebidae
Genus
Pithecia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Primates
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Desmarest
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pithecia Desmarest, 1804 sec. Groves, 1993

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1766 - 1768. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis synonymis, locis. Vol. 1. Regnum Animale. pt. 1, pp. 1 - 532 [1766]; vol. 3, Appendix pp. 223 - 235 [1768]. 12 th ed. [Vol. 3, Regnum Lapideum, pp. 1 - 222, rejected for nomenclatural purposes, ICZN, opinion 296]. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 3 vols.
  • Lesson, R. P. 1840. Species es mammiferes bimanes et quadrimanes ... Bailliere, London, 292 pp.
  • Hershkovitz, P. 1987 d. The taxonomy of South American sakis, genus Pithecia: A preliminary report and critical review with the description of a new species and subspecies. American Journal of Primatology, 12: 387 - 468.