White-faced saki

White-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia) is a saki monkey in the genus Pithecia, family Pitheciidae, the New World monkeys that also include the other titis, the sakis and the uakaris. The Mammal Diversity Database credits the species name to (Linnaeus, 1766) and lists its country distribution as Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. It lives in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela and is a small-bodied neotropical primate that feeds mostly on fruits, nuts, seeds and insects. It is arboreal and a specialist of brachiation, yet it also forages on the ground. Life expectancy is around 14 years in the wild, and individuals have been recorded living up to 36 years in captivity. It is active by day and sleeps 15 to 20 metres up in leafy trees. A subspecies once recognised, chrysocephala, was raised to full species status in 2014. The Mammal Diversity Database gives its IUCN Red List status as Least Concern.