NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Red-nosed Bearded Saki
Chiropotes albinasus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Deville, 1848)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
White-nosed saki (Chiropotes albinasus).
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Open encyclopedia reference
The white-nosed saki (Chiropotes albinasus) is a species of bearded saki, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the south-central Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Both its scientific and common name were caused by the authors working from dead specimens, where the skin on and around the nose fades to a whitish color. In living individuals, the nose is actually bright pink (though with fine barely visible white hairs). Pelage on the body tends to be black in males and brown to brownish-grey in females. No other species of the genus Chiropotes have a brightly coloured nose. This species is considered to be "medium-sized". They are a primary consumer that eats seeds, fruit, flowers, bark, insects and leaves. They are also a social species that arrange themselves into large groups for many reasons such as sleeping, food gathering and travel arrangements. These social groups are important in situations where they are under attack by a predator as they decide on their anti-predation strategies depending on the number of them available at the time.
Wikipedia contributors, White-nosed saki; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:47:16.266505+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chiropotes albinasus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Deville, 1848)
- Name authority
- (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Deville, 1848)
- Common name
- Red-nosed Bearded Saki
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Pitheciidae
- Genus
- Chiropotes
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918
- infraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866
- familyPitheciidae Mivart, 1865
- subfamilyPitheciinae Mivart, 1865
- genusChiropotes Lesson, 1840
- speciesChiropotes albinasus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Deville, 1848)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chiropotes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Red-backed Bearded SakiChiropotes chiropotes (Humboldt, 1811) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-backed Bearded SakiChiropotes israelita (Spix, 1823) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guianan Bearded SakiChiropotes sagulatus (Traill, 1821) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Uta Hick's Bearded SakiChiropotes utahicki Hershkovitz, 1985 | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Bearded SakiChiropotes satanas (Hoffmannsegg, 1807) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cacajao roosevelti J. A. Allen, 1914 J. A. Allen, 1914 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=572985 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5Y6KP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.