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.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Relationship to People Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Activity Pattern Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Taxon page for Pithecia pithecia, White-faced saki (Mammal Diversity Database)
In Biome
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Pithecia pithecia (Animal Diversity Web)
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Taxon page for Pithecia pithecia, White-faced saki (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distributionQuote, Country distribution
Country distribution Brazil · French Guiana · Guyana · Suriname · Venezuela
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Taxon page for Pithecia pithecia, White-faced saki (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distributionQuote, Country distribution
Country distribution Brazil · French Guiana · Guyana · Suriname · Venezuela
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Taxon page for Pithecia pithecia, White-faced saki (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distributionQuote, Country distribution
Country distribution Brazil · French Guiana · Guyana · Suriname · Venezuela
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Taxon page for Pithecia pithecia, White-faced saki (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distributionQuote, Country distribution
Country distribution Brazil · French Guiana · Guyana · Suriname · Venezuela
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Taxon page for Pithecia pithecia, White-faced saki (Mammal Diversity Database)Country distributionQuote, Country distribution
Country distribution Brazil · French Guiana · Guyana · Suriname · Venezuela
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Pithecia pithecia (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status, CITES
CITES Appendix II
Food Habits, seeds
they prefer to eat seeds 38 to 88% of the time
Food Habits, Primary Diet, frugivore
Primary Diet herbivore herbivore folivore folivore frugivore frugivore granivore granivore
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive, pets
There is a market for these monkeys as pets, which is detrimental to the sakis.
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive, hunting
They are hunted as a source of food by locals.
Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes rainforest rainforest
View the Source 2. Taxon page for Pithecia pithecia, White-faced saki (Mammal Diversity Database)
IUCN Red List status
IUCN Red List status Least Concern
Species status
Species status Living
Country distribution
Country distribution Brazil · French Guiana · Guyana · Suriname · Venezuela
Child Taxon Of: Pitheciidae, Taxonomy
Family: Pitheciidae
In Group: Primate Species, Taxonomy, order
Order: Primates
View the Source3. White-faced saki (Wikipedia)
Lead
(Pithecia pithecia)
Lead, behaviour
The white faced saki is active in the day
Lead, lifespan
individuals have been recorded to live up to 36 years in captivity
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