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The black bearded saki (Chiropotes satanas) is a species of bearded saki, native to the Amazon rainforest in South America, specifically to an area of north-eastern Brazil[2]. Black Bearded saki are of the Platyrrhine Infraorder, also known as New World monkeys. They are from the Pitheciidae family and Chiropotes genus. This specie is one of five species of Chiropotes or bearded sakis remaining. Bearded sakis are medium-sized (50cm), mostly frugivores, specialised in seed predation [3]. The genus name Chiropotes means "hand-drinker" as they have been observed using their hands as ladles for scooping water into their mouths. This behavior is thought to be way of maintaining and protecting their magnificent beards[4]. Black bearded sakis habitat has been subdued to heavy habitat fragmentation making the future conservation status of the species unknown.[5]
Black bearded saki | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Pitheciidae |
Genus: | Chiropotes |
Species: | C. satanas |
Binomial name | |
Chiropotes satanas (Hoffmannsegg, 1807) | |
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Black bearded saki range |
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