White-faced saki monkey Penelope
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Santa Barbara Zoo announced it is excited to welcome two new white-faced saki monkeys to its family.
Penelope and Calabaza are the first two of their kind to call the Santa Barbara Zoo home. The zoo explained that white-faced sakis are named for the male’s appearance which includes all black hair and a distinctive white face. Meanwhile, the females and their young have brownish-gray “salt-and-pepper” hair.
The primates are capable of leaping as far as 30 feet between tree branches and primarily live in the treetops of the South American rainforests.
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