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Uakari

Cacajao hosomi Boubli, Silva, Amado, Hrbek, Pontual & Farias, 2008

Status not recordedprimates

The uakari (Cacajao hosomi) is a species in the family Pitheciidae, order Primates.

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Quick facts about the uakari

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the uakari live?

Not recorded

Is the uakari endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the uakari classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyPitheciidae
  6. genusCacajao
  7. SpeciesCacajao hosomi Boubli, Silva, Amado, Hrbek, Pontual & Farias, 2008
Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Black-headed UacariEnglish
  • Black-headed uakariEnglish
  • Neblina UacariEnglish
  • Neblina uakariEnglish
  • واكاري نبليناArabic
  • Neblina-UakariGerman
  • Mono ChucutoSpanish
  • Ouakari à tête noireFrench
  • ZwartkopoeakariDutch
  • uakari amazońskiPolish
  • Uacari-NeblinaPortuguese
  • Uacari-da-neblinaPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the uakari

Other species in the same genus Cacajao.

Red Uacari

Cacajao rubicundus

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the uakari?

The uakari (Cacajao hosomi) belongs to the family Pitheciidae in the order Primates.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Uakari (Cacajao hosomi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/uakari

MLA

“Uakari (Cacajao hosomi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/uakari.

BibTeX
@misc{uakari_2026,
  title = {Uakari (Cacajao hosomi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/uakari},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}