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Not bored, maybe sad
White Uakari (Cacajao calvus)
It is also known as the red-faced uakari, or English monkey, because the English, when they took a lot of sun, got a red face.
Despite having been described for the first time in 1847 by the French zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and quoted by the English naturalist Henry Walter Bates in the 1850s, it was only in the 80s that the biologist and naturalist José Márcio Ayres delved into the floodplain. from Mamirauá to carry out the first studies of a species believed to be extinct. In 1996, the Mamirauá Development Reserve was created, which together with the Amanã Reserve and the Jaú National Park, the three formed an extensive ecological corridor, essential for the permanence of communities and for the conservation of biodiversity. Here is a recommendation for the reader: if you love Amazon, be sure to visit the Mamirauá Reserve!
The monkey in the photo, like all the monkeys in the collection, doesn’t have a bored face, never, it just seems to have a sad face. I can’t say if this is due only to this individual or if it is a characteristic of the species. In my opinion it could be a particular feeling of that individual. Perhaps this is based on the fact that he was photographed in a reserve of animals rescued from illegal trade. He was alone, without family, a monkey of a species that in nature lives in groups of up to 50 and even more individuals.

P18_432 – Leonide Principe
Camera Nikon F5 with Nikkor lens 80-200mm f2.8 – Diapositive Film Fujichrome Velvia 50 – Scanner: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED
Digitised from a positive on film –
Original file size: 5309px x 3598px
Location Taken: Noah’s Park (Manaus – Amazonas Brazil)
Date Taken: 1990
Collection: Monkeys – Persons shown: -nobody
Keywords:
uacari-branco, Bald-headed uakari, Cacajao calvus, macaco-inglês, macacos, apes, monkeys, primates, mamíferos, mammals, FAUNA, animals, Iranduba, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America, NFT
EN1 Not bored, maybe sad P18_432
PT1 Não entediado, talvez triste P18_432
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P18_431

Flushed face
White Uakari (Cacajao calvus)
Biologist Felipe Ennes Silva is currently studying the ecology and behavior of these primates and how the seasonality of floods affects their behavior pattern, on their daily journey in search of food and in their survival area.
Other curiosities. The Cacajao calvus is named after the species of calvus because it means bald in Latin. Females can recognize healthier individuals by a deeper red hue on the face. While paler faces can be indicative of diseases like malaria.

P18_431 – Leonide Principe
Camera Nikon F5 with Nikkor lens 70-200mm f2.8 – Diapositive Film Fujichrome Velvia 50 – Scanner: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED
Digitised from a positive on film –
Original file size: 3443px x 5265px
Location Taken: Noah’s Park (Manaus – Amazonas Brazil)
Date Taken: 1990
Collection: Monkeys – Persons shown: -nobody
Keywords:
uacari-branco, Bald-headed uakari, Cacajao calvus, macaco-inglês, macacos, apes, monkeys, primates, mamíferos, mammals, FAUNA, animals, Iranduba, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America, NFT
EN2 Flushed face P18_431
PT2 Cara corada P18_431
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