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The white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia), called the Guianan saki and the golden-faced saki, is a species of the New World saki monkey. They can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. This species lives in the understory and lower canopy of the forest, feeding mostly on fruits, nuts, seeds, and insects.
They are generally very shy, cautious animals. Sakis allow adult offspring and non-related immigrants into their groups unlike titi or owl monkeys . [ 3 ] Saki monkeys have been commonly considered to be socially monogamous , but generally only sakis who are pair-living exhibit social monogamy. [ 4 ]
The white-footed saki, buffy saki [2] [3] or white saki [2] (Pithecia albicans) is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to western Brazil ...
London Zoo have welcomed a charming trio of White-faced Saki monkeys who will share the Rainforest Life habitat. The family of three – made up of mother Kaituma, father Milagre and 10-month-old ...
Brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) Platyrrhini is a parvorder of primates. Members of this parvorder are called platyrrhines, or New World monkeys, and include marmosets, tamarins, and capuchin, squirrel, night, titi, saki, howler, spider, and woolly monkeys. Platyrrhini is one of three clades that form the suborder Haplorrhini, itself one of two suborders in the order Primates. They are ...
The Pitheciidae (/ p ɪ θ ɪ ˈ s aɪ. ɪ d iː /) are one of the five families of New World monkeys now recognised. Formerly, they were included in the family Atelidae.The family includes the titis, saki monkeys and uakaris.
Napo saki, Pithecia napensis DD; White-faced saki, Pithecia pithecia LC; Pissinatti’s bald-faced saki, Pithecia pissinattii NE; Rylands' bald-faced saki, Pithecia rylandsi NE; Vanzolini's bald-faced saki, Pithecia vanzolinii DD; Genus: Chiropotes. White-nosed saki, Chiropotes albinasus EN; Red-backed bearded saki, Chiropotes chiropotes LC
The skin is covered in shaggy fur, its coloring varies depending upon species from black to grey and brown up to white. Parts of the face can be bald. Parts of the face can be bald. The tail , which is not used for grasping but for balance, is also hairy, although the uakari 's tail is only a stub.