Saki monkey

Sakis
	White-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Pitheciidae
Subfamily:	Pitheciinae
Genus:	Pithecia; Desmarest, 1804
Type species
	Simia pithecia ; Linnaeus, 1766
Species
	Pithecia aequatorialis; Pithecia albicans; Pithecia cazuzai; Pithecia chrysocephala; Pithecia hirsuta; Pithecia inusta; Pithecia irrorata; Pithecia isabela; Pithecia milleri; ?Pithecia mittermeieri; Pithecia monachus; Pithecia napensis; ?Pithecia pissinattii; Pithecia pithecia; ?Pithecia rylandsi; Pithecia vanzolinii;

Sakis, or saki monkeys, are any of several New World monkeys of the genus Pithecia. They are closely related to the bearded sakis of genus Chiropotes.

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