Golden-faced saki: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the golden-faced saki lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pithecia chrysocephala
Group	Monkeys
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Pitheciidae

Where does the golden-faced saki live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the golden-faced saki in 1 country or territory across South America.

Brazil

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the golden-faced saki endangered?

The golden-faced saki’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the golden-faced saki?

The golden-faced saki (Pithecia chrysocephala) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Pitheciidae, genus Pithecia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the golden-faced saki

The golden-faced saki (Pithecia chrysocephala) is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is found in Brazil north of the Amazon, on both sides of the Rio Negro. This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the white-faced saki (P. pithecia), but was raised to full species status in 2014. The species is named for the coloration of the male, which has black body hair but orange or red-brown facial hair. The female has lighter body color and more bare skin on the face, with lines of orange hair extending down from below the eyes around the snout, as well as orange ventral fur. The golden-faced saki features a smaller, less prognathic, and less spherical cranial vault than the white-faced saki.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Golden-faced saki (revision 1356934613), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q20687107 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).