Burnished Saki vs Tickclover

Pithecia inusta compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Burnished Saki Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Primates (Primates) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Pitheciidae Fabaceae
Genus Pithecia Desmodium
Species Pithecia inusta Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Burnished Saki

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Burnished Saki Tickclover
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Burnished Saki

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Burnished Saki

The Burnished Saki (Pithecia inusta) is a species in the genus Pithecia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

No description available.

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