White-faced Saki

Taxobox | name = White-faced Saki
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1

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image_caption = White-faced Saki ("Pithecia pithecia")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Pitheciidae
subfamilia = Pitheciinae
genus = "Pithecia"
species = "P. pithecia"
binomial = "Pithecia pithecia"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1766)
range_

range_map_caption = Distribution of White-faced Saki.

The White-faced Saki ("Pithecia pithecia"), also known as the Guianan Saki and the Golden-faced Saki, is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in Brazil, 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.

There are two recognized subspecies of this monkey:
* "Pithecia pithecia pithecia"
* "Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala"

Reproductive Biology

In captivity, female White-faced Sakis experience ovarian cycles of approximately 17 days, and a gestational period of 20-21 weeks. Following birth, the mother undergoes a period of lactationally-induced fertility lasting 23 weeks, on average. [Savage, A., "et al." (1995). [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/110495191/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 Selected aspects of female white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia) reproductive biology in captivity.] "Zoo Biology", "14"("5"), 441-452. Retrieved July 08, 2008, from Wiley InterScience Journals database. DOI: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/zoo.1430140506 10.1002/zoo.1430140506] .]

Sakis of the "Pithecia pithecia" species display noticeable sexual dimorphism in their coloration. Females have shorter hair than males, with brownish-grey fur and white or pale brown stripes around the corners of the nose and mouth. Males, on the other hand, have blacker fur, with a reddish-white forehead, face, and throat. [Sakis Pithecia. (23 Feb 2004). Retrieved July 08, 2008, from [http://web.missouri.edu/~flinnm/courses/mah/factfiles/saki.htm Mark V. Flinn, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Missouri-Columbia] ]

References

* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
*MSW3 Groves|pages=148