Bearded saki  (Chiropotes satanas)

Range

Endemic to Brazil, the bearded saki occurs only in a small area of the eastern Amazon basin (1) (7), situated south of the lower Rio Amazonas and east of the Rio Tocantins (1).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Like all New World primates, the bearded saki lives almost exclusively in trees (2). It is found in tropical rainforest, often near streams and rivers (4) (7), and preferably in areas that are not flooded and are undisturbed (7).

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