Red uakari (Cacajao calvus ucayalii) in Iquitos, Peru.
White uakari (C. c. calvus) at the Solimões River, Brazil.
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[2]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Haplorhini
Infraorder:
Simiiformes
Family:
Pitheciidae
Genus:
Cacajao
Species:
C. calvus
Binomial name
Cacajao calvus
(I. Geoffroy, 1847)
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]
^Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 146–148. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
^ abAquino, R.; de Queiroz, H.L.; Paim, F.P.; Boubli, J.P.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Ravetta, A.L.; Shanee, S.; Urbani, B.; de Azevedo, R.B.; Calouro, A.M.; Cornejo, F.M. (2021) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Cacajao calvus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T3416A191694447. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T3416A191694447.en. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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primate. The four species of uakari currently recognized are all found in the north-western Amazon basin. The balduakari, remarkable for its brilliant...
have been developed in transgenic mice; chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes); balduakaris (Cacajao rubicundus); and stump-tailed macaques (Macaca speciosa and...
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Parts of the face can be bald. The tail, which is not used for grasping but for balance, is also hairy, although the uakari's tail is only a stub. Like...
10. doi:10.1525/collabra.54. "Proximate causes of the red face of the balduakari monkey" Authors P. Mayor, J. Mamani, D. Montes, C. González-Crespo, M...
RLTS.T41553A192452388.en. Cacajao sizes and diets: Aracá uakari: Nowak 1999b, p. 107 Balduakari: Burnie; Wilson, p. 143 Felton-Church, Ali (2001). "Cacajao...
a small proportion of leaves, flowers, and insects. Sakis, as well as uakaris, engage in a specialized form of frugivory in which they focus specifically...
clade (related group) of primates. An analogous trait is found in the balduakari (Cacajao calvus), a type of New World monkey. Toothcombs can also be...
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ISBN 978-1-107-35468-5. Ayres, J. M. (1989-11-01). "Comparative feeding ecology of the Uakari and Bearded Saki, Cacajao and Chiropotes". Journal of Human Evolution. 18...
(Pithecia irrorata), and black spider monkeys (Ateles paniscus). The rare red uakari monkeys (Cacajao calvus) are found in the north in swamp forests. Nocturnal...
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