White-nosed Bearded Saki Monkey (Chiroptes albinasus)
White-nosed Bearded Saki Monkey, Thaimaçu, Pará, Brazil, April 2003 - click for larger image Thaimaçu, Pará, Brazil
April 2003

This is a male White-nosed Bearded Saki Monkey. The photos don't quite show the white surrounding the bright red face. Another identification feature is the red genitalia. It has a very bushy, long black tail and a heavy, bushy beard.

White-nosed Bearded Saki Monkey, Thaimaçu, Pará, Brazil, April 2003 - click for larger image It is found south of the Amazon and between the rivers Madeira and Xingu.

They eat fruit and seeds.

There is an illustration in Eisenberg & Redford, Plate 9.

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