Pitheciidae

Translingual

Etymology

Pithecia +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Pitheciidae

A taxonomic family within the order Primates – titis, sakis and uakaris, of the Amazon.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Platyrrhini - parvorder

Hyponyms

(order): Pitheciinae, Callicebinae (titis) - subfamilies
- Pithecia (sakis, saki monkeys), Chiropotes (bearded sakis), Cacajao (uakaris); Plecturocebus, Cheracebus, Callicebus - genera

Coordinate terms

(family in Platyrrhini): Callitrichidae (marmosets, tamarins), Cebidae (capuchins and squirrel monkeys), Aotidae (night monkeys, owl monkeys and douroucoulis), Atelidae (howler monkeys, spider monkeys and woolly monkeys) - families

References

Pitheciidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pitheciidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pitheciidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Pitheciidae in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Pitheciidae on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Platyrrhini at the Tree of Life Web Project
Pitheciidae at Encyclopedia of Life
Pitheciidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Pitheciidae at Fossilworks

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