The Monk Saki is included here to represent the saki monkey family in the Neotropical portion of North America. It is a large, shaggy-furred monkey with a distinctive hooded appearance, found in the upper Amazon Basin. Sakis are primarily seed predators, using their robust teeth to crack open unripe fruits before other animals can access them.
Habitat
Tropical lowland forests of the upper Amazon (north South America)
Diet
Seeds, fruit, insects, and small vertebrates
How common
Very rare
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