White-Faced Saki

The white-faced saki (or Pithecia pithecia) is a small primate native to the rainforests of Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname and Venezuela. It is sexually dimorphic, with males being larger than females and both sexes having a distinct appearance. The male white-faced saki has long black and coarse hair on its back and tail, with shorter paler hair ventrally. Coarse white hair forms an M-shape around their face. Their eyes are orange-brown, nose and mouth are black. Female white-faced sakis have long grizzle grey-brown hair across their body and tail, and have tan-orange shorter hair on their underside. They have a small amount of orange fur around their face and a brown nose and mouth. White-faced sakis measure 30cm to 42cm in height, with a tail of the same length as their bodies. Males weigh 1.8kg to 2.4kg and females weigh 1.3kg to 1.9kg.