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Uta Hick's Bearded Saki
Chiropotes utahicki Hershkovitz, 1985
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Uta Hick's Saki (Chiropotes utahickae).
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Open encyclopedia reference
Uta Hick's bearded saki (Chiropotes utahicki) is an endangered species of bearded saki, a type of New World monkey. It is endemic to Brazil, where restricted to the Amazon between the Xingu and Tocantins Rivers. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the more easterly C. satanas, but its back is pale brownish.
Wikipedia contributors, Uta Hick's bearded saki; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:35:37.119688+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chiropotes utahicki Hershkovitz, 1985
- Name authority
- Hershkovitz, 1985
- Common name
- Uta Hick's Bearded Saki
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Pitheciidae
- Genus
- Chiropotes
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918
- infraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866
- familyPitheciidae Mivart, 1865
- subfamilyPitheciinae Mivart, 1865
- genusChiropotes Lesson, 1840
- speciesChiropotes utahicki Hershkovitz, 1985
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chiropotes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Red-backed Bearded SakiChiropotes chiropotes (Humboldt, 1811) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-backed Bearded SakiChiropotes israelita (Spix, 1823) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guianan Bearded SakiChiropotes sagulatus (Traill, 1821) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-nosed Bearded SakiChiropotes albinasus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Deville, 1848) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Bearded SakiChiropotes satanas (Hoffmannsegg, 1807) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Chiropotes utahickae Hershkovitz, 1985 Hershkovitz, 1985 | synonym |
| Chiropotes satanas utahicki Hershkovitz, 1985 Hershkovitz, 1985 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1147536 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:84HTH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.