Pithecia hirsuta Spix, 1823 . Sim. Vespert. Brasil., p. 14.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Solimoes below Tabatinga .

DISTRIBUTION: From Andean slopes in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, to west bank of Rio Tapajoz and Rio Negro (Brazil).

COMMENT: Separated from monachus by Hershkovitz, 1979, Folia Primatol., 31:1 -22.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Primates .