Pitheciine Action Group
Adams, D.B. and Erhart, E.M. (2009) Differential response to predators in the Gray's bald-
faced saki monkey (Pithecia irrorata): A playback experiment. American Journal of Physical
Anthropology Suppl. 48: 75.
Aquino, R., F.M. Cornejo, E. Pezo Lozano and E.W. Heymann. 2009. Geographic distribution
and demography of Pithecia aequatorialis (pitheciidae) in Peruvian Amazonia. American Journal
of Primatology 71: 964-968.
Buchanan, D. B., Mittermeier, R. A. & van Roosmalen, M. G. M. (1981) The saki monkeys, genus Pithecia.
In: Coimbra-Filho, R.A. & Mittermeier, R. (Eds.), Ecology and behaviour of Neotropical primates (pp. 391-
417). Vol. 1. Rio de Janeiro, Academia Brasileira de Ciências.
Cunningham, E.P. & C.H. Janson (2006) Pithecia pithecia's behavioral response to
decreasing fruit abundance, American Journal of Primatology, 68:491-497.
Di Fiore A., Fernandez-Duque E. & Hurst D. (2007) Adult male replacement in socially monogamous
equatorial saki monkeys (Pithecia aequatorialis). Folia Primatologica 78: 88-98.
Frisoli, L., Parrish, A., & Chism, J. (2009) Habitat and resource use of saki monkeys (Pithecia spp.) in
Amazonian Peru. American Journal of Primatology 71(Suppl 1): 74.
Hershkovitz, P. (1987b) The taxonomy of South American sakis, genus Pithecia (Cebidae, Platyrrhini): A
preliminary report and critical review with the description of a new species and a new subspecies, American
Journal of Primatology, 12:387-468.
Kinzey, W.G. and Norconk, M.A. (1990) Hardness as a basis of fruit choice in two sympatric primates.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 81:5-15.
Kinzey, W.G. and Norconk, M.A. (1993) Physical and chemical properties of fruit and seeds eaten by
Pithecia and Chiropotes in Surinam and Venezuela. International Journal of Primatology 14(2):207-227.
Lehman, S. M., Prince, W., Mayor, M. (2001) Variations in group size in white-faced sakis (Pithecia pithecia):
evidence for monogamy or seasonal congregations? Neotropical Primates 9: 96-101.
Norconk, M.A. (1996) Seasonal variation in the diets of white-faced and bearded sakis (Pithecia pithecia and
Chiropotes satanas) in Guri Lake, Venezuela. In Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates. M.A. Norconk,
A.L.Rosenberger, P.A. Garber (eds.). New York: Plenum. Pp. 403-423.
Norconk, M.A., Wertis, C.A., Kinzey, W.G. (1997) Seed predation by monkeys and macaws in eastern
Venezuela: preliminary findings. Primates 38(2):177-184.
Norconk, M.A., Oftedal, O.T., Power, M.L., Jakubasz, M., Savage, A. (2002) Digesta passage and fiber
digestibility in captive white-faced sakis (Pithecia pithecia). American Journal of Primatology 58:23-34.
Norconk, M.A., Grafton, B.W. (2003) Changes in forest composition and potential feeding tree availability
on a small land-bridge island in Lago Guri, Venezuela. In Primates in Fragments: Ecology and Conservation. L.
K. Marsh (ed). Kluwer/Plenum Press. Pp: 211-228.
Norconk, M.A. Conklin-Brittain, N.L. (2004) Variation on frugivory: the diet of venezuelan white-faced sakis
(Pithecia pithecia). International Journal of Primatology 25(1):1-25.
Poyas, A.L., & Bartlett, T. Q. (2009) Pair bonding in socially monogamous primates: a comparative study of
the white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) and the white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia). American
Journal of Physical Anthropology (Suppl 48): 214.
Setz, E.Z.F. & D. de A. Gaspar (1991) Scent-marking and monogamy in the golden faced saki, Pithecia
pithecia chrysocephala (Primates, Cebidae). American Zoologist 31(5):113A (abstract).
Setz, E.Z.F. & D.A. Gaspar (1997) Scent-marking behaviour in free-ranging golden-faced saki monkeys,
Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala: Sex differences and context. Journal of Zoology, London, 241:603-611.
Setz, E.Z.F., J. Enzweiler, V.N. Solferini, M.P. Amêndola & R.S. Berton (1999) Geophagy in the golden-
faced saki monkey (Pithecia Pithecia chrysocephala) in the Central Amazon, Journal of Zoology, 247:91-103.
Talbot, C. F., & Norconk, M. A. (2009) Growing independence of a wild white-faced saki infant (Pithecia
pithecia), Brownsberg Nature Park, Suriname. American Journal Primatology 71(Suppl 1): 79.
Vié J.-C., C. Richard-Hansen, C. Fournier-Chambrillon (2001). Abundance, use of space and activity patterns
of white-faced sakis (Pithecia pithecia) in French Guiana. American Journal of Primatology, 55:203-221.
Dissertations and Theses
Setz, E.Z.F. (1993) Feeding ecology of Pithecia pithecia: A comparison between groups in continuous
forest and an isolated forest fragment. Ph.D. Thesis, UNICAMP, Campinas.
Vié J.-C. (1998) Les effets d’une perturbation majeure de l’habitat sur deux espèces de primates en
Guyane Française translocation de singes hurleurs roux (Alouatta seniculus), et translocation et insularisation
de sakis à face pâle (Pithecia pithecia). Université Montpellier II.
faced saki monkey (Pithecia irrorata): A playback experiment. American Journal of Physical
Anthropology Suppl. 48: 75.
Aquino, R., F.M. Cornejo, E. Pezo Lozano and E.W. Heymann. 2009. Geographic distribution
and demography of Pithecia aequatorialis (pitheciidae) in Peruvian Amazonia. American Journal
of Primatology 71: 964-968.
Buchanan, D. B., Mittermeier, R. A. & van Roosmalen, M. G. M. (1981) The saki monkeys, genus Pithecia.
In: Coimbra-Filho, R.A. & Mittermeier, R. (Eds.), Ecology and behaviour of Neotropical primates (pp. 391-
417). Vol. 1. Rio de Janeiro, Academia Brasileira de Ciências.
Cunningham, E.P. & C.H. Janson (2006) Pithecia pithecia's behavioral response to
decreasing fruit abundance, American Journal of Primatology, 68:491-497.
Di Fiore A., Fernandez-Duque E. & Hurst D. (2007) Adult male replacement in socially monogamous
equatorial saki monkeys (Pithecia aequatorialis). Folia Primatologica 78: 88-98.
Frisoli, L., Parrish, A., & Chism, J. (2009) Habitat and resource use of saki monkeys (Pithecia spp.) in
Amazonian Peru. American Journal of Primatology 71(Suppl 1): 74.
Hershkovitz, P. (1987b) The taxonomy of South American sakis, genus Pithecia (Cebidae, Platyrrhini): A
preliminary report and critical review with the description of a new species and a new subspecies, American
Journal of Primatology, 12:387-468.
Kinzey, W.G. and Norconk, M.A. (1990) Hardness as a basis of fruit choice in two sympatric primates.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 81:5-15.
Kinzey, W.G. and Norconk, M.A. (1993) Physical and chemical properties of fruit and seeds eaten by
Pithecia and Chiropotes in Surinam and Venezuela. International Journal of Primatology 14(2):207-227.
Lehman, S. M., Prince, W., Mayor, M. (2001) Variations in group size in white-faced sakis (Pithecia pithecia):
evidence for monogamy or seasonal congregations? Neotropical Primates 9: 96-101.
Norconk, M.A. (1996) Seasonal variation in the diets of white-faced and bearded sakis (Pithecia pithecia and
Chiropotes satanas) in Guri Lake, Venezuela. In Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates. M.A. Norconk,
A.L.Rosenberger, P.A. Garber (eds.). New York: Plenum. Pp. 403-423.
Norconk, M.A., Wertis, C.A., Kinzey, W.G. (1997) Seed predation by monkeys and macaws in eastern
Venezuela: preliminary findings. Primates 38(2):177-184.
Norconk, M.A., Oftedal, O.T., Power, M.L., Jakubasz, M., Savage, A. (2002) Digesta passage and fiber
digestibility in captive white-faced sakis (Pithecia pithecia). American Journal of Primatology 58:23-34.
Norconk, M.A., Grafton, B.W. (2003) Changes in forest composition and potential feeding tree availability
on a small land-bridge island in Lago Guri, Venezuela. In Primates in Fragments: Ecology and Conservation. L.
K. Marsh (ed). Kluwer/Plenum Press. Pp: 211-228.
Norconk, M.A. Conklin-Brittain, N.L. (2004) Variation on frugivory: the diet of venezuelan white-faced sakis
(Pithecia pithecia). International Journal of Primatology 25(1):1-25.
Poyas, A.L., & Bartlett, T. Q. (2009) Pair bonding in socially monogamous primates: a comparative study of
the white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) and the white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia). American
Journal of Physical Anthropology (Suppl 48): 214.
Setz, E.Z.F. & D. de A. Gaspar (1991) Scent-marking and monogamy in the golden faced saki, Pithecia
pithecia chrysocephala (Primates, Cebidae). American Zoologist 31(5):113A (abstract).
Setz, E.Z.F. & D.A. Gaspar (1997) Scent-marking behaviour in free-ranging golden-faced saki monkeys,
Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala: Sex differences and context. Journal of Zoology, London, 241:603-611.
Setz, E.Z.F., J. Enzweiler, V.N. Solferini, M.P. Amêndola & R.S. Berton (1999) Geophagy in the golden-
faced saki monkey (Pithecia Pithecia chrysocephala) in the Central Amazon, Journal of Zoology, 247:91-103.
Talbot, C. F., & Norconk, M. A. (2009) Growing independence of a wild white-faced saki infant (Pithecia
pithecia), Brownsberg Nature Park, Suriname. American Journal Primatology 71(Suppl 1): 79.
Vié J.-C., C. Richard-Hansen, C. Fournier-Chambrillon (2001). Abundance, use of space and activity patterns
of white-faced sakis (Pithecia pithecia) in French Guiana. American Journal of Primatology, 55:203-221.
Dissertations and Theses
Setz, E.Z.F. (1993) Feeding ecology of Pithecia pithecia: A comparison between groups in continuous
forest and an isolated forest fragment. Ph.D. Thesis, UNICAMP, Campinas.
Vié J.-C. (1998) Les effets d’une perturbation majeure de l’habitat sur deux espèces de primates en
Guyane Française translocation de singes hurleurs roux (Alouatta seniculus), et translocation et insularisation
de sakis à face pâle (Pithecia pithecia). Université Montpellier II.
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