Black-headed Uakari

Black-headed Uakari

Taxobox
name = Black-headed UakariMSW3 Groves|pages=146]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Rylands "et al"|year=2003|id=3417|title=Cacajao melanocephalus|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Pitheciidae
genus = "Cacajao"
species = "C. melanocephalus"
binomial = "Cacajao melanocephalus"
binomial_authority = (Humboldt, 1812)
range_

range_map_caption = Distribution of Black-headed Uakari.

The Black-headed Uakari ("Cacajao melanocephalus") is a New World primate from the Pitheciidae family. It is native to Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, living in the Amazon Rainforest, especially in the seasonally flooded forests called "igapos".

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

External links

* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/servlet/InfoNatura?sourceTemplate=Ltabular_report.wmt&loadTemplate=Ldetail_report.wmt&selectedReport=&summaryView=Ltabular_report.wmt&elKey=641773&paging=home&save=true&startIndex=1&nextStartIndex=1&reset=false&offPageSelectedElKey=641773&offPageSelectedElType=species&offPageYesNo=true&selectedIndexes=641773 Black-headed geographic distribution on NatureServe]


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