Educational resources on Equatorial Saki

Equatorial Saki or Pithecia aequatorialis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Equatorial Saki

Academic web links for the Equatorial Saki.

Primate Factsheets: Saki monkey (Pithecia)
Suborder: Haplorrhini: Infraorder: Simiiformes: Family: Pitheciidae: Subfamily: Pitheciinae: Genus: Pithecia: Species: Pithecia aequatorialis (equatorial saki) Pithecia albicans
pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/links/pithecia

Adult Male Replacement in Socially Monogamous Equatorial Saki Monkeys
Male Replacement in Saki Monkeys 89 Folia Primatol 2007;78:88-98 based on solid demographic and behavioral data [Mason, 1966; Kinzey, 1981; Aqui-no and Encarnación, 1986; Wright
www.nyu.edu/projects/difiore/publications/difioreetal2007.pdf

ADW: Pithecia aequatorialis: Classification
Pithecia aequatorialis (equatorial saki) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Pithecia_aequatorialis.html

Schmitt et al. 2005
Equatorial saki monkeys (Pithecia aequatorialis) live in socially monogamous groups wherein it appears that the mother does almost all direct infant care.
www.nyu.edu/projects/difiore/publications/schmittetal2005.html

Family Atelidae
...(equatorial saki) smallest pitheciine, 2kg; relatively longer trunk and legs; best known, with white face, P. pithecia; primarily leapers
csm.jmu.edu/biology/wunderre/julie_web/family_atelidae.htm

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: aequatorialis
Equatorial Saki: Type Locality: Peru, Loreto, lower Rio Nanay, Santa Luisa. Distribution: Napo (Ecuador) to Loreto (Peru). Status: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100363

Primate Info Net: The Life Spans of Nonhuman Primates
...rufomitratus (Tana River Red Colobus) NA Piliocolobus [Procolobus] baduis (Western Red Colobus) NA Pithecia aequatorialis (Equatorial Saki
pin.primate.wisc.edu/aboutp/phys/lifespan.html

ADW: Pithecia: Classification
... Pithecia aequatorialis (equatorial saki)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Pithecia.html

Primate Info Net: Common Names for the Order Primates
English: Equatorial Saki Pithecia albicans English: Buffy Saki White Saki Pithecia hirsuta English: Shaggy Saki
pin.primate.wisc.edu/aboutp/taxonomy/common.html

Anthony Di Fiore
Adult male replacement in socially monogamous equatorial saki monkeys (Pithecia aequatorialis). Folia Primatologica. Di Fiore, A. and Campbell, C.J. 2007.
as.nyu.edu/object/anthonydifiore.html