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Definition of Genus Pithecia
1. Noun. Sakis.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cebidae, Family Cebidae
Member holonyms: Saki
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pithecia
Literary usage of Genus Pithecia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1850)
"... the crown like a wig, and the chin slightly bearded ; the lower cutting teeth
rather shelving. This is the genus Pithecia, as restricted by Spix ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The genus Pithecia, the Sakis, consists of five species with long bushy tails,
... Like the last genus, Pithecia does not extend into Central America. ..."
3. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Pithecia comprises the Fox-tailed Monkeys, so called from their long
and bushy tails. The Genus Callithrix comprises the Squirrel Monkeys, ..."
4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The genus Pithecia comprises the Fox-tailed Monkeys, so called from their long
and bushy tails. The Genus Callithrix comprises the Squirrel Monkeys, ..."
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