White-faced Saki Monkey (Pithecia epithelia)
White-faced saki monkeys live in tropical rainforests in southern and eastern Venezuela as well as the Guianas and in northeastern Brazil. They prefer forests with fruit trees and easy access to water.
White-faced sakis are 3 to 3 ½ pound monkeys that spend most of their time in the trees. They move on all fours, but because their legs are much longer than their arms, they often run on their back legs along horizontal branches. They have earned the name "flying monkeys" because they can leap up to 30 feet between tree branches. They overnight in larger trees with lots of foliage, where they sleep coiled up on open branches.
White-faced saki monkeys are sexually dimorphic—males look different from females. Males are solid glossy black with a white face and a black snout. Females are brown overall, with a black face and white stripes along their nose. Newborns are the color of females.
White-faced saki monkeys are not endangered, but they are hunted for food, captured for the pet trade and suffer from habitat destruction. In the wild, white-face saki monkeys live about 15 years.
White-faced Saki Monkey (Pithecia epithelia)
White-faced saki monkeys live in tropical rainforests in southern and eastern Venezuela as well as the Guianas and in northeastern Brazil. They prefer forests with fruit trees and easy access to water.
White-faced sakis are 3 to 3 ½ pound monkeys that spend most of their time in the trees. They move on all fours, but because their legs are much longer than their arms, they often run on their back legs along horizontal branches. They have earned the name "flying monkeys" because they can leap up to 30 feet between tree branches. They overnight in larger trees with lots of foliage, where they sleep coiled up on open branches.
White-faced saki monkeys are sexually dimorphic—males look different from females. Males are solid glossy black with a white face and a black snout. Females are brown overall, with a black face and white stripes along their nose. Newborns are the color of females.
White-faced saki monkeys are not endangered, but they are hunted for food, captured for the pet trade and suffer from habitat destruction. In the wild, white-face saki monkeys live about 15 years.