Monk Saki

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Monk Saki

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Pitheciidae
Genus:	Pithecia
Species:	P. monachus

Binomial name

Pithecia monachus
(É. Geoffroy, 1812)

Distribution of Monk Saki

The Monk Saki, Pithecia monachus, 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.^{[citation needed]} It has coarse fur, and was almost hunted to extinction in the late 1900's.^{[citation needed]}

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Monk Saki

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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Extant species of family Pitheciidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Primates · Suborder: Haplorrhini

Pitheciinae

Pithecia	White-faced Saki (Pithecia pithecia) · Monk Saki (Pithecia monachus) · Rio Tapajós Saki (Pithecia irrorata) · Equatorial Saki (Pithecia aequatorialis) · White-footed Saki (Pithecia albicans)

Chiropotes	Black Bearded Saki (Chiropotes satanas) · Red-backed Bearded Saki (Chiropotes chiropotes) · Brown-backed Bearded Saki (Chiropotes israelita) · Uta Hick's Bearded Saki (Chiropotes utahickae) · White-nosed Saki (Chiropotes albinasus)

Cacajao	Black-headed Uakari (Cacajao melanocephalus) · Bald Uakari (Cacajao calvus) · Cacajao ayresii