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Bearded saki, orRed-backed bearded saki(Chiropotes chiropotes)
Phylum —chordata
Class — mammalia
Order — primates
Family — pitheciidae
Genus –сhiropotes
Appearance
The Red backed bearded saki has a thick beard, especially males. It has a shock of hair on each side of its head. Its body is entirely covered with dense hair whose color varies from red to yellowish gold. Its non-prehensile, bushy tail is almost as long as its body. Females are generally smaller than males. The latter is about 45 cm long and between 2.6 and 7.1 kg. It moves on its four legs but is able to stand upright.
Habitat
It is a New-World monkey, from South America. It is found North of the Amazon River and East of the Branco River, in Brazil, Venezuela and the Guianas.
Behavior
Bearded sakis are diurnal primates, that is to say they are active from sunrise to just before sunset. They live in groups of about forty members with both sexes, occasionally separated in clusters when travelling or looking for food, their main occupation.
Diet
Red-backed bearded sakis are primarily frugivores, feeding on seeds, flowers, nuts and fruits but their diet also includes insects, larvae and spiders. They can eat about 100 different species of plants.
Reproduction
Females give birth to one cub at a time after five months gravidity, during the rainy season.
Their life expectancy is approximately 15 years.
In captivity
Keeping sakis has certain difficulties due to the lack of resistance to stress. Sakis can panic quickly. For example, even if you move the cage with the monkey, it will be shocked. Usually they are kept in cages. Try to put ropes, tree branches, shelves, etc. in the cage. It is preferable to plant fast-growing trees and shrubs (such as poplar, willow, acacia, sea buckthorn) in aviaries for them.
In captivity, they eat fruits, vegetables, bread, porridge or soaked (sprouted) grain – rice, peas, wheat, barley, boiled fish (or seafood) and meat, corn on the cob.
