Monk Saki

Taxobox | name = Monk Saki

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image_width = 200 px
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Pitheciidae
genus = "Pithecia"
species = "P. monachus"
binomial = "Pithecia monachus"
binomial_authority = (É. Geoffroy, 1812)
range_

range_map_caption = Distribution of Monk Saki

The Monk Saki, "Pithecia monachus", is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It can grow up to be 37-48 cm long and weigh about 1.5-3 kilograms, approximately the same as a large rabbit. The tail can be up to 40 or 50 centimeters long. It usually lives in groups of three of four in the canopy, and is very shy.Fact|date=February 2007 It has coarse fur, and was almost hunted to extinction in the late 1900's.Fact|date=February 2007

References

*MSW3 Groves|pages=147-148
* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]