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Species: Cacajao melanocephalus
Common name: black uakari
Photo credit: Luiz Claudio Marigo

• Allenopithecus nigroviridis (Allen's swamp monkey)
• Allocebus trichotis (hairy-eared mouse lemur)
• Alouatta sp. (howler monkey)
•  Alouatta seniculus (red howler)
•  Aotus sp. (owl monkey)
• Arctocebus sp. (angwantibo)
• Ateles sp. (spider monkey)
•  Ateles paniscus (black spider monkey)
• Avahi sp. (woolly indri)
•  Brachyteles sp. (muriqui)
•  Cacajao sp. (uakari)
• Callicebus sp. (titi)
•  Callicebus moloch (dusky titi)
•  Callimico goeldii (Goeldi's monkey)
• Callithrix sp. (marmoset)
•  Callithrix jacchus (common marmoset)
•  Callithrix pygmaea (pygmy marmoset)
• Cebus sp. (capuchin monkey)
•  Cebus apella (tufted capuchin)
• Cercocebus sp. (mangabey)
•  Cercocebus atys (sooty mangabey)
• Cercopithecus sp. (guenon)
• Cheirogaleus sp. (dwarf lemur)
• Chiropotes sp. (bearded saki)
•  Chlorocebus sp. (vervet)
• Colobus sp. (black-and-white colobus)
•  Colobus guereza (guereza)
•  Daubentonia madagascariensis (aye-aye)
•  Erythrocebus patas (patas monkey)
• Eulemur sp. (brown lemur)
• Euoticus sp. (needle-clawed bushbaby)
•  Galago sp. (lesser bushbaby)
•  Gorilla sp. (gorilla)
• Hapalemur sp. (bamboo lemur)
•  Hoolock sp. (hoolock gibbon)
• Hylobates sp. (gibbon)
• Indri indri (indri)
• Lagothrix sp. (woolly monkey)
•  Lemur catta (ring-tailed lemur)
• Leontopithecus sp. (lion tamarin)
•  Leontopithecus chrysomelas (golden-headed lion tamarin)
•  Leontopithecus rosalia (golden lion tamarin)
• Lepilemur sp. (sportive lemur)
• Lophocebus sp. (crested mangabey)
• Loris sp. (slender loris)
• Macaca sp. (macaque)
•  Macaca arctoides (stump-tailed macaque)
•  Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque)
•  Macaca fuscata (Japanese macaque)
•  Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque)
•  Macaca nemestrina (pigtail macaque)
•  Macaca nigra (crested black macaque)
• Mandrillus sp. (drill)
• Microcebus sp. (mouse lemur)
• Miopithecus sp. (talapoin)
• Mirza sp. (giant mouse lemur)
• Nasalis larvatus (proboscis monkey)
• Nomascus sp. (crested gibbon)
•  Nomascus leucogenys (white-cheeked gibbon)
• Nycticebus sp. (slow loris)
• Oreonax flavicauda (yellow-tailed woolly monkey)
• Otolemur sp. (greater galago)
•  Pan paniscus (bonobo)
•  Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee)
• Papio sp. (baboon)
•  Papio anubis (olive baboon)
•  Papio cynocephalus (yellow baboon)
• Perodicticus potto (potto)
• Phaner sp. (fork-marked lemur)
• Piliocolobus sp. (red colobus)
• Pithecia sp. (saki monkey)
•  Pongo sp. (orangutan)
• Presbytis sp. (surili)
• Procolobus verus (olive colobus)
• Prolemur simus (greater bamboo lemur)
• Propithecus sp. (sifaka)
•  Propithecus diadema (diademed sifaka)
• Pygathrix sp. (douc)
• Rhinopithecus sp. (snub-nosed monkey)
•  Rhinopithecus roxellana (golden snub-nosed monkey)
• Saguinus sp. (tamarin)
•  Saguinus oedipus (cotton-top tamarin)
•  Saimiri sp. (squirrel monkey)
• Semnopithecus sp. (gray langur)
• Simias concolor (pig-tailed langur)
•  Symphalangus syndactylus (siamang)
•  Tarsius sp. (tarsier)
•  Theropithecus gelada (gelada baboon)
• Trachypithecus sp. (purple-faced langur)
•  Varecia sp. (ruffed lemur)