White-faced Saki
Pithecia pithecia
Mammalia
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 15-30 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Pair
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- South America
- Movement
- Climbing
- Breeding
- Live Birth
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Rare
About
The white-faced saki is a New World monkey of the Amazon basin known for striking sexual dichromatism — males wear a bold white facial mask against jet-black fur, while females are grizzled brown. Capable of explosive 10-metre leaps between branches, they are sometimes called 'flying monkeys' in the forests of Guyana and Suriname.
Life cycle
- 1.newbornA live-born newborn nurses on its mother's milk and depends on her for warmth and protection.
- 2.juvenileA weaned juvenile begins eating solid food and learning from its parents or group.
- 3.adultFully grown at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Pitheciidae
- Genus
- Pithecia
- Species
- Pithecia pithecia