Kingdom Animalia Family Pitheciidae Genus Homunculus Phylum Chordata Order Primate | Class Mammalia Subfamily Pitheciinae Scientific name Homunculus patagonicus Rank Species | |
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Similar Primate, Tremacebus, Dolichocebus, Soriacebus, Branisella | ||
Homunculus patagonicus is an extinct species of New World monkey that lived in Argentina during the Miocene. It is likely the ancestral species for the subfamily Pitheciinae, whose living members include the sakis, bearded sakis, and the uakaris.
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