Cazuza’s saki[1] is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World Monkey. It’s native to northwestern Brazil.
- Both female and male Cazuza’s sakis have a coat distinct from all other Pithecia species.
- Unlike the white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia), male Cazuza’s sakis are not silky black but coarse black with very light white fur at the tips and a short dark ruff.
- These Brazilian monkeys’ faces have a fuzzy white ring that distinguishes them from all other species in the genus, with white facial hair.
- Although male species share coarse lip hairs with several other species, such as the hairy (Pithecia hirsuta) and golden-faced (Pithecia chrysocephala), sakis have a different facial coloration than them.
- Female Cazuza’s sakis have faces unlike any other species of saki in the region.
