Homunculus patagonicus

Homunculus patagonicus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Pitheciidae
Subfamily: Pitheciinae
Genus: Homunculus
Species: H. patagonicus
Binomial name
Homunculus patagonicus
Ameghino, 1891

Homunculus patagonicus is an extinct species of New World monkey that lived in Argentina during the Miocene.[1] It is likely the ancestral species for the subfamily Pitheciinae, whose living members include the sakis, bearded sakis, and the uakaris.[2]

References

  1. "Homunculus patagonicus". The Primata. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  2. Tejedor, Marcelo F.; Rosenberger, Alfred L. (2008). "A neotype for Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891, and a new interpretation of the taxon" (PDF) (2008). PaleoAnthropology: 68–82. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
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