Homunculus patagonicus
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Homunculus patagonicus Temporal range: Miocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Pitheciidae |
| Subfamily: | Pitheciinae |
| Genus: | Homunculus |
| Species: | H. patagonicus |
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Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891 |
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Homunculus patagonicus is an extinct species of New World monkey that lived in Argentina during the Miocene. It is likely the ancestral species for the subfamily Pitheciinae, whose living members include the sakis, bearded sakis, and the uakaris.
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