Meet Marwell’s adorable white-faced saki baby who took keepers by surprise, arriving on Boxing Day to parents Manja and Twenke.

White-faced saki are native to Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana and Brazil, where they live in a variety of forest habitats.

They are currently listed as being of Least Concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened species and the animals at Marwell are part of an international breeding programme.

This white-faced saki was born October 3 at the Potawatomi Zoo, and has just started riding on its mother's back and getting curious about its surroundings.

On Friday, May 30th, Zoo Miami welcomed the birth of a male White-faced Saki monkey. This is the first birth of this species of Tropical American monkey for Zoo Miami. Found in the rainforest trees of Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela, these fruit eating monkeys rarely come to the ground and are considered vulnerable due to habitat destruction and hunting for food and the pet trade. Unfortunately, the first-time mother rejected the offspring so it is now being hand raised by zoo staff.

Like many New World monkeys, baby White-faced Saki monkeys spend their first few weeks buried deep within their mother's fur. That doesn't mean they aren't curious so they poke their tiny heads out to learn about the world around them. This little fellow was born in May at Zoo Basel in Switzerland.