Monk Saki | Animalz

Monk SakiMale and female monk sakis have different coat colors. In a study of seasonally flooded forest in northern Peru, seeds were their most frequent food, and they also ate arthropods.What does it look like?At the northern Peruvian study site, adult males and females differed in coat color, and groups tended to avoid people. Their inconspicuous coats also made field observation difficult.How does it live?Male and female monk sakis have different coat colors. In a study of seasonally flooded forest in northern Peru, seeds were their most frequent food, and they also ate arthropods.During 20 months in seasonally flooded forest, seeds made up 49% of 459 recorded feeding events, fruit pulp 25%, and arthropods 22%. These are feeding-event shares at that study site.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.