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Black-headed Uakari^[1]

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Pitheciidae
Genus:	Cacajao
Species:	C. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands A primate is a member of the biological order Primates ( Latin: "prime first rank" the group that contains Lemurs the Aye-aye The Pitheciidae are one of the four families of New World monkeys now recognised Uakari is the common name for the New World monkeys of the Genus Cacajao. melanocephalus

Binomial name

Cacajao melanocephalus
(Humboldt, 1812)

Distribution of Black-headed Uakari. (September 14 1769 &ndash May 6 1859 was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister philosopher and linguist

The Black-headed Uakari (Cacajao melanocephalus) is a New World primate from the Pitheciidae family. The New World monkeys are the four families of Primates that are found in Central and South America: Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae A primate is a member of the biological order Primates ( Latin: "prime first rank" the group that contains Lemurs the Aye-aye The Pitheciidae are one of the four families of New World monkeys now recognised It is native to Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, living in the Amazon Rainforest, especially in the seasonally flooded forests called "igapos". |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the The Amazon Rainforest (Brazilian Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Spanish: Selva Amazónica or Amazonía

They live in large groups, up to 100 individuals, and feed mainly on fruits.

There's a two subspecies of Black-headed Uakaris:

Black-headed Uakari, Cacajao melanocephalus melanocephalus
Spix's Black-headed Uakari, Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary

References

^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Colin Groves is Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. in Wilson, D. E. , and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 146. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
^ Rylands et al (2003). Cacajao melanocephalus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern

External links

Black-headed geographic distribution on NatureServe