Saki monkey
| Sakis | |
|---|---|
| White-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Pitheciidae |
| Subfamily: | Pitheciinae |
| Genus: | Pithecia Desmarest, 1804 |
| Type species | |
| Simia pithecia Linnaeus, 1766 | |
| Species | |
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Sakis, or saki monkeys, are any of several New World monkeys of the genus Pithecia. They are closely related to the bearded sakis of genus Chiropotes.