Red-nosed Bearded Saki
Chiropotes albinasus
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Mammals
The white-nosed saki is a species of bearded saki, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the south-central Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Both its scientific and common name were caused by the authors working from dead specimens, where the skin on and around the nose fades to a whitish color. In living individuals, the nose is actually bright pink. Pelage on the body tends to be black in males and brown to brownish-grey in females. No other species of the genus Chiropotes have a brightly coloured nose.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Pitheciidae
- Genus
- Chiropotes