uakarin.
/wəˈkɑːri/ A short-tailed monkey of the genus Cacajao, found in the upper Amazon basin, esp. C. rubicundus, which has a red face and shaggy reddish-brown fur.
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1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. v. 306 These red-faced apes belonged to a species called by the Indians Uakarí.
1894 H. O. Forbes Hand-bk. Primates I. 174 The Uakarí monkeys..are at once recognised by their short tail.
1894 H. O. Forbes Hand-bk. Primates I. 175 The Uakarís are arboreal monkeys, very gentle and timid.
1966 R. Morris & D. Morris Men & Apes iii. 67 The curious uakari monkeys with their shaggy coats, abbreviated tails and sad, naked, almost human faces.
1975 New Yorker 12 May 46/2 He slew a wallaby and a lemur and a trio of ouakaris.
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