Red faced uakari
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The glorious orange-red locks of this great ape are the result of a predominance of the yellow/red pheomelanin pigment; in contrast, gorillas have mostly the brown/black eumelanin pigment in their hair.
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Red Bald-Headed Uakari
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A new book features, for the first time ever, illustrations of every single primate species
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It’s kind of a surreal experience the first time a baby Red Faced Uakari monkey drops out of a tree onto your head. Due to hunting and habitat destruction this species is among the rarest primates in South America. Corey Callahan describes an incredible experience working as a conservation volunteer at Pilpintuwasi Animal Orphanage in Padre Cocha, Iquitos, Peru...
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A female Colombian red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus seniculus) at Cafam Zoo.
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This handsome guy lives in the Peruvian Amazon, where we visited him and many of his friends of all varieties. He's small and very friendly, climbing up on our shoulders and wanting to be held and fed. The bright red facial skin is a sign of good health and allows for the determination of a healthy mate.
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The uakari monkey is impossible to miss: its face is very, very red. And after decades of wondering, scientists finally know its red-faced secret.
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Even Science Knows Very Little About These Very Rare Animals - World's largest collection of cat memes and other animals
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Bright red skin on bald uakaris’ (Cacajao calvus) faces may be an indicator of good health among animals that are exposed to malaria. Photo: Kevin O'Connel
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Why do Orangutans have a flange
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The orangutans are one of the two exclusively Asian species of extant great apes. Native to Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are currently found in only the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Orangutans are about 2/3 the size of gorillas. They are endangered, from habitat loss, but worse babies are caught and sold as pets. by Tambako the Jaguar
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Red Uakari eating
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The bald uakari (Cacajao calvus) is a species of New World monkey which is the ancestor of the babookari. The uakari was readily able to adapt to life on the Amazon Prairie following the loss of the Amazon Rainforest. Although an arboreal animal, it spends a lot of time on the forest floor. More importantly, it already has a complex social system, which is important for life on the grasslands. As the trees thinned out, uakaris adapted their social system and began to live in larger groups...
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