Kanamari white uakari (Cacajao amuna) is a uakari in the genus Cacajao, family Pitheciidae, the New World monkeys that also include the other titis, the sakis and the uakaris. The Mammal Diversity Database credits the species name to F. E. Silva, do Amaral, Roos, Bowler, Röhe, R. Sampaio, Janiak, Bertuol, Santana, e Silva Júnior, Rylands, Gubili, Hrbek, McDevitt, & Boubli, 2022 and lists its country distribution as Brazil. It is native to western Brazil. The database notes that it was described in 2022 from populations previously attributed to the bald uakari, and the type locality is the seasonally flooded forest of the lower Rio Tarauacá. The Mammal Diversity Database gives its IUCN Red List status as Least Concern.
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Country distribution Brazil
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IUCN Red List status Least Concern
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Species status Living
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Country distribution Brazil
Child Taxon Of: Pitheciidae, Taxonomy
Family: Pitheciidae
In Group: Primate Species, Taxonomy, order
Order: Primates
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