Pithecia

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Noun1.Pithecia - sakisPithecia - sakis          
genus Pithecia
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
Cebidae, family Cebidae - all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins
saki - small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail
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A young saki monkey, Pithecia hirsuta, feeding on ants, Cachalots stratus.
Uso y competicion por plantas alimenticias entre Pithecia aequatorialis (Primates: Pitheciidae) y otros animales en la Amazonia peruana
During 2013 the zoo celebrated the birth of a baby bonobo, a western lowland gorilla and more recently a Bornean orang utan, while among other newcomers were baby vicuna, pygmy goats, capybara, meerkats, marmoset babies, penguin chicks, a white faced saki monkey, snow leopard cubs and a crowned lemur.
Numbering the beasts! Twycross Zoo staff have work cut out during annual animal census
A RARE white-faced saki monkey was welcomed to Dublin Zoo's South American House yesterday.
Zoo goes wild for baby saki monkey
They also are home to several endangered animal species, including the northern bearded saki monkey, jaguars, giant anteaters, the giant armadillo, and the ariranha or giant Amazon otter.
BRAZIL: MASSIVE FOREST RESERVE CREATED IN PARA
The adorable tot, cradled by protective mother Joely is a white-faced Saki monkey born on April 10.
Monkeying around over baby name
Keeping apes in shape: Trainee keeper Cerys Grove checks the weight of a male Saki monkey at Dudley Zoo.
Chunky monkeys put on diet
Scientific: Researcher Sarah Bonsall with a male white-faced saki monkey.
CREATURE FEATURES
Hearty bounty: Dudley Zoo keeper Nicola Wright shares a coconut with white-faced saki monkey Obi, in Monkey Tails.
Going ape over a tasty church gift; ZOO: Animals enjoy lovely bunch of coconuts after summer fSte shy hopes topple
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