Rediscovery of Vanzolini’s Bald-Faced Saki, Pithecia vanzolinii Hershkovitz, 1987 (Primates, Pitheciidae): first record since 1956

André Nunes; José Serrano-Villavicencio

doi:10.15560/13.1.2048

Check List 13(1): e19650, doi: 10.15560/13.1.2048

Rediscovery of Vanzolini’s Bald-Faced Saki, Pithecia vanzolinii Hershkovitz, 1987 (Primates, Pitheciidae): first record since 1956

André V. Nunes, José E. Serrano-Villavicencio

Corresponding author: André Nunes ( tataupas@gmail.com )

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Citation: Nunes A, Serrano-Villavicencio J (2017) Rediscovery of Vanzolini’s Bald-Faced Saki, Pithecia vanzolinii Hershkovitz, 1987 (Primates, Pitheciidae): first record since 1956. Check List 13(1): 2048. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.1.2048

Abstract

We report the rediscovery of Pithecia vanzolinii in the upper Juruá River Basin, in the State of Acre, Brazil. An individual was collected after being hunted by a local inhabitant of an extractive community in the Riozinho da Liberdade Extractive Reserve. This is the first record of this species in the last 60 years and highlights the importance of intensifying studies of this almost unknown species.

Keywords

subsistence hunting; Pitheciinae; extractive reserve; Acre