White-nosed Sakya

The white-nosed saki is an endangered bush monkey found in the southeastern Amazon rainforest of Brazil.

The nose of the white-nosed saki is actually pink, not white. In 1848, a zoologist named Daviot got a specimen of a saki monkey. When he got the specimen, he saw that the nose was white. The nose was bare, hairless, and white, so he named it white-nosed saki monkey. But later when he saw the living one, he found that the noses of the living ones were all pink. It turned out that the nose of the specimen had faded after the monkey died. But it didn't work. There is a principle in our naming of animals called first impression. Since it has been decided, it can only be called this name, so it is wrong to stick to it. From then on, it was forever called white-nosed saki monkey.

White-nosed saki monkeys are particularly rare. They live in treetops and rarely come to the ground. They live in small family groups. It is said that when the French first saw the saki monkeys, they were very surprised and found that the hair on their heads looked like wigs. So they gave them the name "wig monkey". The hair on the whole body is long and dense, and the hair on the tail is longer and more fluffy than the hair on other parts of the body, resembling a fox tail, so it is also called a fox-tailed monkey. It is more neurotic by nature.

Listed in the "Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union" (IUCN) 2020 ver 3.1-Vulnerable (VU).

Listed in Appendix I, Appendix II and Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 2019 Edition Appendix I.

Protect wild animals and stop eating game.

Maintaining ecological balance is everyone's responsibility!

Its range is confined to the evergreen rainforests of the Amazon Basin in Brazil.

The face is round and slightly flat, and the face is covered with short hair, just like the face of an old monk. The head and body are about 40 cm long, and the tail is about the same length as the body, not too curly. The body is about 40 cm long, and the tail is about the same length as the body, not too curly.
The main food is fruit, and it also eats some flowers, leaves and animal food. It is active during the day to forage, eating seeds, leaves, flowers, fruits, insects, and occasionally small animals such as birds, mice, bats, and lizards.