Cacajao novaesi

Hershkovitz, 1987

Novaes's 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

Authority citation

Hershkovitz, P. 1987. Uacaries, New World monkeys of the genus Cacajao (Cebidae, Platyrrhini): a preliminary taxonomic review with the description of a new subspecies. American Journal of Primatology 12(1):1-53.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.1350120102

Original name as described

Cacajao calvus novaesi

Other common names

Novaes's Bald Uakari · Novaes's Bald-headed Uacari · Novaes's Bald Uacari

Type material

NHRM 612508

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Santo Antônio, Rio Eiru, Amazonas, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

split frmo C. calvus

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

Vulnerable

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