Authority citation: Humboldt, A. von. 1812-08-07. Sur les singes qui habitent les rives de l'Orénoque, du Cassiquiare et du Rio Negro. Pp. 305–335 in Humboldt, A. von and Bonpland, A. (eds.). Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée, faites dans l'Océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Premier volume. F. Schoell, Paris, 368 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186501
Original name as described: Simia chiropotes
Nominal names: chiropotes (von Humboldt, 1812) | israelita (von Spix, 1823) | couxio (Lesson, 1840) [nomen novum] | couxiu (A. R. Wallace, 1854) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | cuxio (Trouessart, 1897) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | fulvofusca (Trouessart, 1897) [not used as valid]
Other common names: Bearded Saki|Red-backed Saki|Tawny-olive Bearded Saki
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Primates -- Family: Pitheciidae -- Subfamily: Pitheciinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: lost (number not known)
Type locality: Upper Rio Orinoco south of the cataracts, Amazonas, Venezuela.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Venezuela (VEN) | Brazil (BRA)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included C. sagulatus and includes israelita, although the nomenclature of these taxa are not well resolved
Citation: Silva Jr., J. S. and Figueiredo, W. M. B. (2002). Revisão sistemática dos cuxiús, gênero Chiropotes Lesson, 1840 (Primates Pithecidae). Livro de Resumos do XO. Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Primatologia, Amazônia – A Última Fronteira: 21. Belém, Brazil.|Silva-Jr, J. S., Figueiredo-Ready W. M. B., & Ferrari S. F. 2013. Taxonomy and geographic distribution of the Pitheciidae. In: Veiga LM, Barnett AA, Ferrari S & Norconk MA (ed.), Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris, pp. 31-42. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.|Carneiro, J., Sampaio, I., Silva-Júnior, J. D. S. E., Martins-Junior, A., Farias, I., Hrbek, T., ... & Schneider, H. (2023). Molecular Evidence Supports Five Lineages within Chiropotes (Pitheciidae, Platyrrhini). Genes, 14(7), 1309.
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