Bald-headed uakari (Cacajao calvus)

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Facts

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Primates
Family	Pitheciidae
Genus	Cacajao (1)
Size	Head-body length: 54 - 57 cm (2) Tail length: 14 - 18.5 cm (2)
Weight	Males: 3.45 kg (2) Females: 2.9 kg (2)

Status

Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List 2003 (1), listed on Appendix II of CITES (3).

Subspecies: White bald-headed uakari (Cacajao calvus calvus), Novae's bald-headed uakari (C. c. novaesi) and red bald-headed uakari (C. c. rubicundus) are classified as Vulnerable (VU - B1ab(iii)); Ucayali bald-headed uakari (C. c. ucayalii) is classified as Vulnerable (VU - A2cd) (1).