Bald uakari[1] | |
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Red uakari (Cacajao calvus ucayalii) in Iquitos, Peru. | |
White uakari (C. c. calvus) at the Solimões River, Brazil. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Pitheciidae |
Genus: | Cacajao |
Species: | C. calvus
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Binomial name | |
Cacajao calvus (I. Geoffroy, 1847)
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species range |
The bald uakari (Cacajao calvus) or bald-headed uakari is a small New World monkey characterized by a very short tail; bright, crimson face; a bald head; and long coat.[4] The bald uakari is restricted to várzea forests and other wooded habitats near water in the western Amazon of Brazil and Peru.[2]