''Killikaike'' is an extinct genus of

New World monkey New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Ceboidea ( ...

. The genus includes one species, ''Killikaike blakei'', that lived in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

during the Early Miocene. ''Killikaike blakei'' was collected in southern-most Argentina in January, 2005 and the type specimen consists of a remarkably well preserved face. Unfortunately the neurocranium is not present. The specimen was named for the locality where it was found Killik Aike Norte, on the estate of the Blake family. Perry ''et al.'' (2014) considered ''K. blakei'' to be a junior synonym of ''

Homunculus patagonicus ''Homunculus'' is an extinct genus of New World monkey that lived in Argentina during the Miocene. Two species are known: ''Homunculus patagonicus'' and ''Homunculus vizcainoi'', which are known from material found in the Santa Cruz Formation, Arg ...

''. However, Silvestro ''at al.'' (2017) considered ''Killikaike'' to be a distinct genus. Kay & Perry (2019) continued to regard the species as synonymous.

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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q4779764, from2=Q18578699 †Killikaike Prehistoric monkeys Prehistoric primate genera Monotypic mammal genera Miocene primates of South America Neogene Argentina Fossils of Argentina Fossil taxa described in 2006