SAKI MONKEYS
SAKI MONKEYS
The saki monkey genus, Pitheciidae, and the bearded saki genus, Chiropotes, together include at least twenty-one species.
BEARDED SAKIS
Genus: Chiropotes
Chiropotes chiropotes
CONSERVATION STATUS:LEAST CONCERN
The bearded saki also goes by the common names Humboldt bearded saki, red-backed bearded saki, red-backed saki, and tawny-olive bearded saki. They are native to the South American countries of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. They prefer to make their homes in upper primary rainforests…
Chiropotes satanas
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The black bearded saki is one of five species of bearded sakis living in the Amazon rainforest. Bearded sakis are commonly known in Brazil as cuxiú, a term long used by indigenous peoples to describe this particular genus of monkeys. Some researchers believe that the name cuxiú should replace the “bearded saki”…
Chiropotes albinasus
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The white-nosed saki is endemic to the south-central Amazon rainforest in Brazil, particularly between the rivers Xingu and Madeira and farther south to the Guaporé River in Rondônia. They prefer to be in high forests, especially high terra firme forests. White-nosed sakis can be found in flooded forests (also known as…
SAKIS
Genus: Pithecia
Pithecia albicans
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The buffy saki, also known as the white-footed saki, is one of the least-studied neotropical primates. Endemic to western Brazil, south of the Amazon, buffy sakis were once thought to be restricted to a relatively small area in Brazil between the lower Rio Purus and Rio Tefe south of Rio Solimoes-Amazonas. However…
Pithecia irrorata
CONSERVATION STATUS: DATA DEFICIENT
Gray’s bald-faced sakis, also known as the Rio Tapajós saki, are a species of saki monkey found in the Amazon basin of South America. They inhabit areas of northeastern Brazil, in the states of Acre and Amazonia in the Amazon basin. Their range also extends into south-eastern Peru and the very north of Bolivia, and is…
Pithecia monachus
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Monk sakis, sometimes called Geoffroy’s monk sakis, are endemic to Brazil and Peru, with some reported sightings in Columbia and Ecuador. They are mainly found in the mature rainforest near the Jurua and Japura-Caquerta Rivers in Brazil to the Andes Mountains in Peru. They prefer to use the high, dense forest canopy but…
Pithecia napensis
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Napo sakis, also known as Napo monk sakis, were first described in 1938. They are native to the rainforests of Ecuador and Peru, occupying a range south of the Rio Napo, from the city of Coca in the west to Yasuni National Park to the east. They live up to an elevation of 5,000 feet (1,500 m) and tend to prefer flooded forests…
Pithecia pithecia
CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The white-faced saki is a New World monkey found in rainforests throughout the northeast region of South America in northern Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and Venezuela. They are usually found in the lower-to-mid canopy of the forest. These monkeys are generalists who can adapt to both wet and dry….