Brown-backed Bearded Saki
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| Chiropotes israelita (Bonivicino et al., 2003) |
The Brown-backed Bearded Saki, Chiropotes israelita, is a species of bearded saki, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil. The species is found in the Amazonian Rio Negro region, and was recently described by scientists, based on differences in pelage coloration, karyotype and molecular analysis.
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- 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, 146-147. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- C.R. Bonvicino et al. (2003). "Morphologic, karyotypic, and molecular evidence of a new form of Chiropotes (primates, pitheciinae)". American Journal of Primatology 61 (3): 123–133. doi:.
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