Monk Saki

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Monk Saki
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Pitheciidae Genus: Pithecia Species: P. monhachus
Binomial name
Pithecia monhachus (É. Geoffroy, 1812)

The Monk Saki, Pithecia monhachus, is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It can grow up to be 37-48 cm long and weigh about 1.5-3 kilograms, approximately the same as a large rabbit. The tail can be up to 40 or 50 centimeters long. It usually lives in groups of three of four, in the canopy, and is very shy. The Monk Saki is very shy.^{[citation needed]} It has coarse fur, and was almost hunted to extinction in the late 1900's.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 147-148. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
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