Uta Hick's bearded saki (''Chiropotes utahicki'') is an

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species of bearded saki, a type of

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. It is

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, where restricted to the

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between the Xingu and

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s. It was formerly treated as a

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of the more easterly '' C. satanas'', but its back is pale brownish.Silva Jr., J. S. and Figueiredo, W. M. B. (2002). ''Revisão sistemática dos cuxiús, gênero Chiropotes Lesson, 1840 (Primates Pithecidae).'' Livro de Resumos do XO. Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Primatologia, Amazônia – A Última Fronteira: 21. Belém, Brazil.Bonvicino, C. R., Boubli, J. P., Otazú, I. B., Almeida, F. C., Nascimento, F. F., Coura, J. R. and Seuánez, H. N. (2003). ''Morphologic, karyotypic, and molecular evidence of a new form of Chiropotes (primates, pitheciinae).''

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61(3): 123-133.

Etymology

It was named in honor of Uta Hick, a German primatologist who cared for bearded sakis at the Cologne Zoo. In the 1980s, she was the first person who could successfully keep captive bearded sakis. Her

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is Uta Rümpler. The

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''utahicki'' is often corrected to ''utahickae'', as is the appropriate suffix for the

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of a woman honoree's name (meaning "Uta Hick's") according to

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rules. Even though technically indicates a male honoree, some sources discourage modifying the earlier ''utahicki'', because there is no official way to make such corrections under the current (1999) ICZN.

References

Uta Hick's bearded saki Primates of Brazil Endemic mammals of Brazil Uta Hick's bearded saki Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN Taxa named by Philip Hershkovitz {{newworld-monkey-stub