Pitheciidae

Translingual

Etymology

Pithecia +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Pitheciidae

1. 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 (widow titi monkeys), 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
• Category:Pitheciidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pitheciidae in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Pitheciidae at 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 Paleobiology Database