Monkey with distinctive face makes debut in SW China

On September 24, 2019, white-faced sakis from South America made their debut to visitors at the Yunnan Wildlife Zoo.

The male white-faced saki with the fruit meal in front of it. /VCG Photo

Male (left) and female (right) sakis eating. /VCG Photo

Whie-faced sakis picking fruit from the basket. /VCG Photo

A male white-faced saki. /VCG Photo

The white-faced saki is a species of the New World saki monkey that has a distinctive face that looks somewhat like mask. It could be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Venezuela and other forests in South America.

This saki monkey species displays the sexual dimorphism in both its coloration and size, as the male has the white face and larger body size, and female has shorter hair with brown stripes around the corners of nose and mouth.

(All photo via VCG. )

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