The Neblina uakari (''Cacajao hosomi'') or black-headed uakari, is a newly described

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

monkey Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...

from the far northwest Brazilian Amazon and adjacent southern

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

. It was found by Jean-Phillipe Boubli of the

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and described together with the more easterly distributed

Aracá uakari The Aracá uakari (''Cacajao ayresi''), also known as the Ayres black uakari, is a newly described species of monkey from the northwest Brazilian Amazon. It was found by Jean-Phillipe Boubli of the University of Auckland after following native ...

in 2008. Until then, the

black-headed uakari The golden-backed uakari (''Cacajao melanocephalus'') or black-headed uakari, is a New World primate from the family Pitheciidae. It lives in the Amazon Rainforest, and is found in the countries of Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. It has black h ...

(found to the west and south of the Neblina uakari) was the only species of mainly black uakari that was recognized. The English name of the Neblina uakari refers to the

Pico da Neblina Pico da Neblina (, literally translatable to ''Mist Peak'') is the highest peak in Brazil, above sea level, in the Serra da Neblina, part of the Serra do Imeri, a section of the Guiana Highlands on the Brazil-Venezuela border. As determine ...

, which marks the approximate center of its known distribution. Several years before it was realized it represented an undescribed species (and not "just" black-headed uakaris), it was studied in the

Pico da Neblina National Park Pico da Neblina National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Pico da Neblina) is a national park in the state of Amazonas in the north of Brazil, bordering on Venezuela. It overlaps with several indigenous territories, which creates tensions over land ...

in Brazil. When combined with the adjacent

Serranía de la Neblina National Park The Serranía de la Neblina National Park is a national park of Venezuela. Location It is located in the State of Amazonas, southwest of the Parima Tapirapecó National Park. It covers the area of the Cerro de la Neblina, whose highest peak on t ...

in Venezuela, a significant part of this uakaris distribution is within protected areas. It has well coordinated travel established through constant calling, allowing a group to spread 200 to 300 meters. Females produce one offspring, typically in March and April coinciding with the fruiting season.Boubli, J. P. (1997). ''Ecology of the black uacari monkey ''Cacajao melanocephalus melanocephalus'' in the Pico de Neblina National Park, Brazil.'' Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, 218 pp.

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Neblina uakari The Neblina uakari (''Cacajao hosomi'') or black-headed uakari, is a newly described species of monkey from the far northwest Brazilian Amazon and adjacent southern Venezuela. It was found by Jean-Phillipe Boubli of the University of Auckland ...

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