Authority citation: Marsh, L.K. 2014-08. A taxonomic revision of the saki monkeys, Pithecia Desmarest, 1804. Neotropical Primates 21(1):1-165.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1896/044.021.0101
Original name as described: Pithecia cazuzai
Nominal names: cazuzai Marsh, 2014
Other common names: Golden-faced Saki|Golden-headed Saki
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Primates -- Family: Pitheciidae -- Subfamily: Pitheciinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: MPEG 37127
Type locality: Barroso community, Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, municipality of Uarini, left bank of the middle Rio Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Brazil (BRA)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: March, L.K. 2014. A taxonomic revision of the Saki Monkeys, Pithecia Desmarest, 1804. Neotropical Primates 21(1): 1-165.
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