Golden-faced saki | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Family: | Pitheciidae |
Genus: | Pithecia |
Species: | P. chrysocephala |
Binomial name | |
Pithecia chrysocephala I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850 |
The golden-faced saki (Pithecia chrysocephala) is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is found in Brazil north of the Amazon, on both sides of the Rio Negro. This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the white-faced saki (P. pithecia), but was raised to full species status in 2014.