Hairy saki (Pithecia hirsuta) is a saki monkey in the genus Pithecia, family Pitheciidae, the New World monkeys that also include the other titis, the sakis and the uakaris. The Mammal Diversity Database credits the species name to von Spix, 1823 and lists its country distribution as Brazil, Colombia and Peru. It is found in northern Peru, southern Colombia and a small portion of northwestern Brazil, and the database lists the name burnished saki for it. The database notes that it was split from the monk saki and that the name inusta is treated as a synonym. The Mammal Diversity Database gives its IUCN Red List status as Least Concern.
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Population Trend ThreatsBiological Resource Use 1 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
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Source Taxon page for Pithecia hirsuta, Hairy saki (Mammal Diversity Database)
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Source Taxon page for Pithecia hirsuta, Hairy saki (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distributionQuote, Country distribution
Country distribution Brazil · Colombia · Peru
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Taxon page for Pithecia hirsuta, Hairy saki (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distributionQuote, Country distribution
Country distribution Brazil · Colombia · Peru
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Taxon page for Pithecia hirsuta, Hairy saki (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distributionQuote, Country distribution
Country distribution Brazil · Colombia · Peru
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1. Hairy saki (Wikipedia)
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(Pithecia hirsuta)
Source text, population trend: decreasing
its population is thought to be declining
Source text, threat: biological-resource-use
threatened by logging & poaching
Source text, human interaction: kept-as-pets
They are sometimes also found in the pet trade.
View the Source2. Taxon page for Pithecia hirsuta, Hairy saki (Mammal Diversity Database)
IUCN Red List status
IUCN Red List status Least Concern
Species status
Species status Living
Country distribution
Country distribution Brazil · Colombia · Peru
Child Taxon Of: Pitheciidae, Taxonomy
Family: Pitheciidae
In Group: Primate Species, Taxonomy, order
Order: Primates
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