A K A R I win a spelling bee p.s. Every difficult word above -- except for "uakari" -- was in the 2009 National Spellng Bee p.p.s. I recorded this song live, and yes, by accident I DID spell "clogwyn" wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Too Old For The National Spellng Bee] Reference
Candidates are: douc langur, snub-nosed langur, and bald uakari. From Wordnik.com. [Orangutan Pastel] Reference
Look at that uakari monkey in that tree someday he might help U. From Wordnik.com. [Too Old For The National Spellng Bee] Reference
The rare red uakari monkeys (Cacajao calvus) are found in the north in swamp forests. From Wordnik.com. [Southwest Amazon moist forests] Reference
Mamiraua, the flooded forest, wherein we saw the three-toed sloth, the pink dolphin, and the elusive white uakari. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning World]
One theory about uakari monkey facial redness is that it's a sexually selected trait associated with testosterone. From Wordnik.com. [Uakari Monkey & The Origin of Blushing] Reference
The Mamirauá Reserve is home to the two narrow endemics, white uakari monkeys (Cacajao calvus calvus) and blackish squirrel monkeys (Saimiri vanzolinii). From Wordnik.com. [Purus varzea] Reference
A mandrill, a few lemurs, a macaque, a capuchin, a langur or two, two tamarins, the monogamous titi monkey, and maybe a rare uakari or saki monkey round out the twelve. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
The mammals include long-tounged bat Scleronycteris ega (VU), two endemic primates, the white uakari monkey Cacajao calvus calvus which is found only within the Reserve and the blackheaded squirrel monkey Saimiri vanzolinii. From Wordnik.com. [Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil] Reference
Terrestrial mammal diversity is smaller because the habitat is often flooded; two narrow endemic primates inhabit this region, the white uakari monkeys (Cacajao calvus calvus) and blackish squirrel monkeys (Saimiri vanzolinii). From Wordnik.com. [Purus varzea] Reference
The nine primates include howler monkeys Alouatta seniculus, night monkeys Aotus trivirgatus, titi monkeys Callicebus torquatus, black uakari Cacajao melanocephalus, weeper capuchins Cebus olivaceus, and white-faced sakis Pithecia pithecia. From Wordnik.com. [Canaima National Park, Venezuela] Reference
These include the black uakari monkey, pink dolphin (VU), grey dolphin, giant otter (EN), and jaguar. harpy eagle, What may be the largest population of Amazon manatees (VU) inhabits the black waters of Amanã Lake during the dry season, migrating during the flood season to várzea forest in Mamirauá, where its preferred foods are abundant. From Wordnik.com. [Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil] Reference
In 1985 there was a satellite survey of water levels and a scientist researching the endemic white uakari suggested an ecological station in Mamirauá which developed into the IDSM Mamirauá Institute at Tefé with a small basic laboratory and where from 1992 research has been ongoing into várzea ecology and local social and economic conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil] Reference
Kallolo told us that this species of monkey is known as the white uakari. From Wordnik.com. [The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco] Reference
(02 / 05 / 2008) A previously unknown species of uakari monkey was discovered in the Brazilian Amazon, reports. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
Kallolo promised, as soon as he could manufacture a blowpipe, to try and catch a young uakari for Marian; and he said that he was sure, under the instruction of Quacko, it would soon become civilised. From Wordnik.com. [The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco] Reference
This number includes 9 primates that live here including howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus), night monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus), titi monkeys (Callicebus torquatus), black uakari (Cacajao melanocephalus), weeper capuchins (Cebus olivaceus), and white-faced sakis (Pithecia pithecia). From Wordnik.com. [Tepuis] Reference
Primates that live in young floodplain forests include various species of spider monkeys (Ateles spp.), two capuchins (Cebus albifrons, C. apuella), red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus), squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus), and the endangered red uakari monkeys (Cacajao calvus) in swamp forests. From Wordnik.com. [Iquitos varzea] Reference
The few species that are mainly restricted to this ecoregion include the endemic black uakari monkeys (Cacajao melanocephalus) and bearded sakis (Chiropotes satanas), opossums (Marmosops impavidus), bats (Micronycteris pusilla, Phyllostomus latifolius, Platyrrhinus aurarius), and several rodents (Neusticomys venezuelae, Rhipidomys macconnelli, Cavia guianae, and Proechimys simonsi). From Wordnik.com. [Negro-Branco moist forests] Reference
The Red or White uakari. From Wordnik.com. [Purus varzea] Reference
Mammals that have a restricted distribution include various primates such as white-faced sakis (Pithecia pithecia), black uakari monkeys (Cacajao melanocephalus), black spider monkeys (Ateles paniscus), tamarins (Saguinus inustus), bats (Diclidurus isabellus, Lonchorhina marinkellei, Micronycteris pusilla, Scleronycteris ega, Vampyressa brocki), and rodents, such as Brazilian squirrels (Sciurus gilvigularis), rats (Akodon urichi), porcupines (Coendou melanurus), and spiney rats (Proechimys semispinosus). From Wordnik.com. [Rio Negro campinarana] Reference
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