Jamaican monkey (Xenothrix mcgregori) is a monkey in the genus Xenothrix, 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 E. E. Williams & Koopman, 1952 and lists its country distribution as Jamaica. It is an extinct New World monkey that was endemic to Jamaica, and it was first uncovered at Long Mile Cave in Trelawney Parish by Harold Anthony in 1920. The authors who named the species in 1952 were Williams and Koopman. The Mammal Diversity Database records it as extinct.
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Source Taxon page for Xenothrix mcgregori, Jamaican monkey (Mammal Diversity Database)
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Source Taxon page for Xenothrix mcgregori, Jamaican monkey (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distributionQuote, Country distribution
Country distribution Jamaica
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1. Taxon page for Xenothrix mcgregori, Jamaican monkey (Mammal Diversity Database)
Species status
Species status Extinct
Country distribution
Country distribution Jamaica
IUCN Red List status
IUCN Red List status Extinct
Child Taxon Of: Pitheciidae, Taxonomy
Family: Pitheciidae
In Group: Primate Species, Taxonomy, order
Order: Primates
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