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Golden-faced saki

Golden-faced saki

Species of New World monkey

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.[2] This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the white-faced saki (P. pithecia),[3] but was raised to full species status in 2014.[2] The species is named for the coloration of the male, which has black body hair but orange or red-brown facial hair. The female has lighter body color and more bare skin on the face, with lines of orange hair extending down from below the eyes around the snout, as well as orange ventral fur.[2] The golden-faced saki features a smaller, less prognathic, and less spherical cranial vault than the white-faced saki.[4]

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    Marsh, L.K.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Röhe, F.; de Azevedo, R.B. (2018). "Pithecia chrysocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T43943A17991938. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T43943A17991938.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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    Marsh, L. K. (July 2014). "A Taxonomic Revision of the Saki Monkeys, Pithecia Desmarest, 1804". Neotropical Primates. 21 (1): 1–165. doi:10.1896/044.021.0101. S2CID 86516301.
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    Groves, C. P. (2005). "Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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    Marroig, Gabriel; Cheverud, James M. (November 2004). "Cranial evolution in sakis (Pithecia, Platyrrhini) I: Interspecific differentiation and allometric patterns". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 125 (3): 266–278. doi:10.1002/ajpa.10421. ISSN 0002-9483. PMID 15386237.
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