Pithecia

See also: pithecia

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “monkey”) + -ia.

Proper noun

Pithecia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pitheciidae – saki monkeys, of tropical South America.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Primates – order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Platyrrhini - parvorder; Pitheciidae - family; Pitheciinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pithecia pithecia (white-faced saki) - type species; for other species see Pithecia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Coordinate terms

• (genus in Pithecinae): Chiropotes (bearded sakis), Cacajao (uakaris) - genera

References

• Pithecia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pithecia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pithecia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pithecia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Pithecia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Pithecia in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.