Cacajao calvus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1847)

White Bald Uacari

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Platyrrhini
Family : Pitheciidae
Subfamily : Pitheciinae
Genus : Cacajao

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 24, 576

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2814392

Original name as described

Brachyurus calvus

Other common names

Bald Uakari · Bald-headed Uacari · Red-and-white Uacari · White Bald-headed Uacari

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1847-1667a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1847-1667a

Type locality

Pará. Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1987 to Brazil, Amazonas, left bank of the Rio Solimões, opposite Fonte Boa.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. rubicundus, C. ucayalii, C. novaesi, and populations now attributed to C. amuna

Taxonomy notes citation

Silva, F. E., do Amaral, J. V., Roos, C., Bowler, M., Röhe, F., Sampaio, R., ... & Boubli, J. P. (2022). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of bald uakaris, genus Cacajao Lesson, 1840 (Primates: Pitheciidae), with the description of a new species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 173, 107509.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000894

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Brachyurus calvus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1847)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

calvus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1847-1667a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1847-1667a

Authority page

576

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2814392

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Cacajao calvus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

calvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

86

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000894) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3419/210377447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cacajao calvus calvus

Groves, 2005

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

calvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecia alba

(Schlegel, 1876)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895294

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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