Now this is a RED face!

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From a white-faced saki monkey to a very red-faced one - the Uakari monkey (Cacajao calvus). This unusual creature is native to South America. Its most striking features are the bald head and bright red face. The red face comes from a lack of pigmentation in the skin and abundant capillaries under the skin. It is the only monkey which can stay in the rainforest canopy for extended periods. The coat is long and shaggy and the tail short. Colour varies from white to orange or reddish-brown depending on the subspecies. They have powerful lower jaws and over-sized canines which enable them to break open Brazil nuts and unripe fruit. Local tribes hunt the Uakari for food and for bait. Populations along the Amazon River are susceptible to being hunted from canoes and the continual logging of the rainforest is a great threat to the survival of these monkeys. This has been condensed from a Bubblews article. Photo courtesy Wikimedia: en [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Attribution not legally required