Vanzolini’s bald-faced saki[1] (Pithecia vanzolinii) is a species of saki monkey, a species of New World Monkey.
- Its distribution area is in western Brazil. With its smooth golden furry legs and Beatles-Esque bowl cut, you’ll likely remember seeing Vanzolini’s bald-faced saki monkey.
- Vanzolini’s bald-faced saki monkey was first cataloged by naturalist Alfonso Ollala in 1936. His account describes a monkey with a long, fluffy tail and golden fur on its limbs.
- However, this fluffy tail isn’t very good at swinging through the treetops. Unlike some New World monkey species, the Vanzolini bald-faced saki monkey does not have a prehensile tail.
- Instead, Alfonso compared the monkey’s movements to a cat moving through branches, deftly stepping on all four limbs, and jumping.
