A recent report from Treehugger said there are almost 200 different monkey species found all over the world. They appear in all shapes and sizes, "from adorable four-ounce pygmy marmoset" to the gigantic mandrill weighing over 100 pounds, and all species in between.
Essentially, monkeys are divided into two classifications: New World monkeys found in Mexico, Central America, and South America; and Old World monkey found in Asia and Africa.
One will find a number of remarkable differences.
Old World monkeys, for instance, do not have "prehensile or gripping tails," although some are born with extraordinary pouches in their cheeks intended for food storage.
Also, according to the said information site, whether it is the call of the howler that can be heard from three miles far, "or the bald uakari's crimson head" reflecting health levels, there is something unusual about each and every individual of these so-called "intelligent primates."
Below are 5 of the unique species of monkeys on earth, many people never imagined ever existed:
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1 Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey
The white-faced sakis or Pithecia Pithecia from the New World monkeys that occupy most of their time in trees are said to be "amazing athletes."
They're moving throughout their habitats in South America by leaping through the treetops, covering a maximum 33-feet distance in a single bound when they're threatened.
While jumping is these monkeys' main mode of transportation, they move "quadrupedally on occasion," going down to lower tree limbs, not to mention even all the way to the ground to look for fruit to eat.
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