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Cacajao melanocephalus (black-headed uacari)
Taxonomy
Simia melanocephala was named by Humboldt (1811). It is extant. It is the type species of Cacajao, Uacaria, Cothurus, Neocothurus.
It was recombined as Pithecia melanocephala by Geoffroy (1812); it was recombined as Cothurus melanocephalus by Palmer (1899); it was recombined as Uacaria melanocephala by Flower and Lydekker (1899); it was recombined as Neocothurus melanocephalus by Palmer (1903); it was recombined as Cacajao melanocephalus by Lesson (1840), Barnett (2005).
It was recombined as Pithecia melanocephala by Geoffroy (1812); it was recombined as Cothurus melanocephalus by Palmer (1899); it was recombined as Uacaria melanocephala by Flower and Lydekker (1899); it was recombined as Neocothurus melanocephalus by Palmer (1903); it was recombined as Cacajao melanocephalus by Lesson (1840), Barnett (2005).
Subspecies
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1811 | Simia melanocephala Humboldt p. 316 |
| 1812 | Pithecia melanocephala Geoffroy p. 117 |
| 1840 | Cacajao melanocephalus Lesson p. 182 |
| 1849 | Ouakaria spixii Gray p. 9 |
| 1899 | Uacaria melanocephala Flower and Lydekker p. 493 |
| 1899 | Cothurus melanocephalus Palmer p. 493 |
| 1903 | Neocothurus melanocephalus Palmer p. 873 |
| 2005 | Cacajao melanocephalus Barnett p. 1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Cacajao melanocephalus Humboldt 1811 [black-headed uacari]
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Cacajao melanocephalus ayresi Boubli et al. 2008
Invalid names: Ouakaria spixii Gray 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available