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<h2 id="species">Species</h2> <p>Per the <a href="/facts/American_Society_of_Mammalogists/S7n5NIF8">ASM</a> and the <a href="/facts/IUCN/QwV8JXup">IUCN</a>, there are eight species in this genus:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Genus <i>Cacajao</i> <ul><li>Bald uakari or red uakari species group <ul><li><a href="/facts/White_bald-headed_uakari/voY9ehE3">White bald-headed uakari</a>, <i>Cacajao calvus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ucayali_bald-headed_uakari/voY9ehE3">Ucayali bald-headed uakari</a>, <i>Cacajao ucayalii</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Red_bald-headed_uakari/voY9ehE3">Red bald-headed uakari</a>, <i>Cacajao rubicundus</i></li> <li>Novaes' bald-headed uakari, <i>Cacajao novaesi</i></li></ul></li> <li>Black-headed uakari species group <ul><li><a href="/facts/Golden-backed_uakari/Qr2yX3WI">Golden-backed</a> or black-headed uakari, <i>Cacajao melanocephalus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Arac%25C3%25A1_uakari/9GuQah40">Aracá uakari</a>, <i>Cacajao ayresi</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Neblina_uakari/4PTrTUWm">Neblina uakari</a>, <i>Cacajao hosomi</i></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p>In 2014 Ferrari <i>et al.</i> proposed an alternative taxonomy for the <i>C. melanocephalus</i> group which recognizes the Aracá uakari as a subspecies of the golden-backed uakari, and also recognized <i>Cacajao ouakary</i> as a separate species, whereas current consensus is that <i>C. ouakary</i> is a junior synonym of <i>C. melanocephalus</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> This revision is not universally accepted.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/uakari">Primate Info Net <i>Cacajao</i> Factsheet</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080207025415/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080204-new-monkey.html">New Monkey Species Found by a New Zealand primatologist in Brazilian Amazon</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.uakari.co.uk">The Red Uakari Monkey Project</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"uakari". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on November 23, 2021. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211123134147/https://www.lexico.com/definition/uakari" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20211123134147/https://www.lexico.com/definition/uakari</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"uakari". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uakari" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uakari</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Barnett, Adrian A. (December 2004). "The Meanings of Cacajao and Uacari: Folk Etymology in Neotropical Primate Taxonomy". Neotropical Primates. 12 (3): 147–152. doi:10.1896/1413-4705.12.3.147. ISSN 1413-4705. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1896%2F1413-4705.12.3.147" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1896%2F1413-4705.12.3.147</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Corso, Josmael; Bowler, Mark; Heymann, Eckhard W.; Roos, Christian; Mundy, Nicholas I. (2016-04-13). "Highly polymorphic colour vision in a New World monkey with red facial skin, the bald uakari ( Cacajao calvus )". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283 (1828): 20160067. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0067. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 4843651. PMID 27053753. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843651" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843651</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Wolfe, A. (1997) Primates, San Francisco: Chronicle Books, p. 159 <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Gron, K.J. (July 21, 2008). "Primate Factsheets: Uakari (Cacajao) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology". Retrieved July 1, 2012. <a href="https://primate.wisc.edu/primate-info-net/pin-factsheets/pin-factsheet-uakari/" target="_blank">https://primate.wisc.edu/primate-info-net/pin-factsheets/pin-factsheet-uakari/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Gron, K.J. (July 21, 2008). "Primate Factsheets: Uakari (Cacajao) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology". Retrieved July 1, 2012. <a href="https://primate.wisc.edu/primate-info-net/pin-factsheets/pin-factsheet-uakari/" target="_blank">https://primate.wisc.edu/primate-info-net/pin-factsheets/pin-factsheet-uakari/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Silva, Felipe Ennes; Luna, Leilton Willians; Batista, Romina; Röhe, Fabio; Gubili, Chrysoula; Farias, Izeni P.; Hrbek, Tomas; Valsecchi, João; Ribas, Camila C.; McDevitt, Allan D.; Dellicour, Simon; Flot, Jean-François; Boubli, Jean P. (2024-04-08). "Impact of Quaternary Amazonian river dynamics on the diversification of uakari monkeys (genus Cacajao )". Journal of Biogeography. doi:10.1111/jbi.14844. ISSN 0305-0270. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.14844" target="_blank">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.14844</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Cacajao". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. Retrieved 2019-07-24. <a href="https://mammaldiversity.org/#Y2FjYWphbyZnbG9iYWxfc2VhcmNoPXRydWUmbG9vc2U9dHJ1ZQ" target="_blank">https://mammaldiversity.org/#Y2FjYWphbyZnbG9iYWxfc2VhcmNoPXRydWUmbG9vc2U9dHJ1ZQ</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Ferrari, Stephen F.; Guedes, Patricia G.; Figueriredo-Ready, Wilsea M.B.; Barnett, Adrian A. (2014). "Reconsidering the taxonomy of the Black-Faced Uacaris, Cacajao melanocephalus group (Mammalia: Pitheciidae), from the northern Amazon Basin". Zootaxa. 3866 (3): 353–370. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3866.3.3. PMID 25283664. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Cacajao". ITIS. Retrieved 2 September 2022. <a href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=572817#null" target="_blank">https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=572817#null</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>