Napo saki (Pithecia napensis) 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 Lönnberg, 1938 and lists its country distribution as Ecuador and Peru. Also known as the Napo monk saki, it ranges across parts of eastern Ecuador and northern Peru and takes its name from the Napo River. It was originally described by Lönnberg as the subspecies Pithecia monachus napensis, was treated as a synonym of the monk saki, and was raised to full species status in 2014. The Mammal Diversity Database gives its IUCN Red List status as Least Concern.
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Scientific Name Conservation Status Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Taxon page for Pithecia napensis, Napo saki (Mammal Diversity Database)
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Source Taxon page for Pithecia napensis, Napo saki (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distributionQuote, Country distribution
Country distribution Ecuador · Peru
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Taxon page for Pithecia napensis, Napo saki (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distributionQuote, Country distribution
Country distribution Ecuador · Peru
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1. Taxon page for Pithecia napensis, Napo saki (Mammal Diversity Database)
IUCN Red List status
IUCN Red List status Least Concern
Species status
Species status Living
Country distribution
Country distribution Ecuador · Peru
Child Taxon Of: Pitheciidae, Taxonomy
Family: Pitheciidae
In Group: Primate Species, Taxonomy, order
Order: Primates
View the Source2. Napo saki (Wikipedia)
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