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White-faced Saki (female)

Pithecia Pithecia

Habitat:

The White-faced Saki usually lives in Southafrica and Southamerica. Often to find in Brasil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.This species lives in the understory and lower canopy of the forest, feeding mostly on fruits, but also eating nuts, seeds, and insects.

Notes:

This White-faced Saki lives in captivity in a zoo. There I've seen him.

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White-faced Saki (female)
Pithecia pithecia White-faced saki


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8 Comments

Telse
Telse 11 years ago

Ah wow...this is special!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

A New World monkey that usually mates for life.

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Wow, great spotting

Maria dB
Maria dB 12 years ago

great portrait!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Hi Julia, I have moved this to the mammals category for you. The Other category is for organisms such as mollusks, worms & corals, not for unidentified spottings.
As with the butterflies, please describe where this was seen in your notes & let us know if this was in captivity. Thanks!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Cool! I will be watching for it's ID.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Very nice Julla!
Welcome to Project Noah

chebeague5
chebeague5 12 years ago

so cool.I love it! now I wish I lived in Aisa.

JullaKroner
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JullaKroner

Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Spotted on Apr 14, 2012
Submitted on Apr 14, 2012

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