Cacajao melanocephalus

(von Humboldt, 1812)

Golden-brown 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

Humboldt, A. von. 1812-08-07. Sur les singes qui habitent les rives de l'Orénoque, du Cassiquiare et du Rio Negro. Pp. 305–335 in Humboldt, A. von and Bonpland, A. (eds.). Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée, faites dans l'Océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Premier volume. F. Schoell, Paris, 368 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186506

Original name as described

Simia melanocephala

Other common names

Golden-backed Uacari · Golden-backed Uakari · Spix's Black-headed Uacari · Spix's Black-headed Uakari · Black-headed Uacari · Black-headed Uakari

Type material

MN 68616

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

Rio Içá at the confluence with the Rio Solimões. Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1987 to the Rio Japurá on the north bank of its confluence with the Rio Solimões.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

formerly included the populations here put under ayresi and hosomi, following Boubli, et al., and the IUCN; Ferrari, et al., however, arranged ayresi as a subspecies of melanocephalus, subsumed hosomi as a synonym of m. melanocephalus, and resurrected ouakary to include all the populations here included under melanocephalus; because of the controversy surrounding this opinionated taxonomic decision, some authors have opted to retain only a single species, C. melanocephalus, including ouakary, hosomi, and ayresi as synonyms

Taxonomy notes citation

Boubli, J. P., da Silva, M. N. F., Amado, M. V., Hrbek, T., Pontual, F. B., & Farias, I. P. (2008). A taxonomic reassessment of Cacajao melanocephalus Humboldt (1811), with the description of two new species. International Journal of Primatology, 29(3), 723-741. · Ferrari, S. F., Guedes, P. G., Figueiredo-Ready, W. M., & Barnett, A. 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.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000896

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.

Pithecia melanocephala

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

melanocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499311

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
  2. Olfers (1818:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38523)
  3. Ranzani (1820:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27804548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69437)
  4. Desmarest (1821:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  5. Schinz (1821:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  6. Lesson (1827:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  7. Blyth (1840:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  8. Schlegel (1876:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)

Simia melanocephala

(von Humboldt, 1812)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

melanocephalus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 68616

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186506

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Humboldt (1812:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69540)
  2. Humboldt (1812:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50714)
  3. Griffith (1821:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)

Brachyurus Ouakary

(von Spix, 1823)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

ouakary

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 11

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826942

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

  1. Spix (1823:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38733)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Brachyurus Ouacary

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

ouacary

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

270

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523687

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1825:270, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)

Cebus melanocephalus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

melanocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

59

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Cebus Ouakary

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

ouakary

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

59

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Cacajao melanocephalus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

melanocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Elliot (1913:305, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Groves (1993:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  7. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  8. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/160875418/191697842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Brachyurus Ouakari

(J. E. Gray, 1849)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

ouakari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572403

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Wallace (1854:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67136)
  2. Sclater (1872:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)

Ouakaria Spixii

(J. E. Gray, 1849)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

spixii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ZSM 11

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572403

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Brachyurus melanocephalus

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

melanocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

322

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580318

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Ouakaria melanocephala

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

melanocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994579

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1871:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Cacajao melanocephalus melanocephalus

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

melanocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

482

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cacajao ouakary

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

ouakary

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

482

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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