What is Uakari?
[[File:Male uakari.jpg|thumb|A male uakari monkey]] '''Uakari''' is the common name for the [[New World monkey]]s of the [[genus]] '''''Cacajao'''''. Both the English and scientific names probably came from [[indigenous language]]s.<ref>Barnett A.A. 2004. ''The meanings of Cacajao and Uacari: Folk Etymology in Neotropical Primate Taxonomy.'' Neotropical Primates 12(3): 147-152</ref> They live in [[South America]]n [[rainforests]]. When excited or upset, their [[red]] faces become even redder.<ref>{{cite book |title= DISCOVERY Oceans and Rainforests |last= Parker |first=Jane |author2= Frances A. Dipper |publisher= 2000 Quarto Children's Books |isbn= 1-57145-445-4 |page= 46}}</ref> == References == {{wikispecies|Uakari}} {{Reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:New World monkeys]] [[Category:Mammals of South America]]