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White nosed saki

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Genus
  
Chiropotes

Higher classification
  
Bearded saki

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Chiropotes albinasus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Bearded saki, Black bearded saki, Uta Hick's bearded saki, White‑footed saki, Primate

The white-nosed saki (Chiropotes albinasus) is an endangered species of bearded saki, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the south-central Amazon rainforest in Brazil and possibly a small area east of Bolivia. 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 whitish. In living individuals, it is actually bright pink (though with fine barely visible white hairs), and the pelage is black. No other species of the genus Chiropotes have a brightly colored nose.

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White-nosed saki Wikipedia


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