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Reconsidering the taxonomy of the Black-Faced Uacaris, Cacajao melanocephalus group (Mammalia: Pitheciidae), from the northern Amazon Basin

  • 1. Centre for Research in Evolutionary and Environmental Anthropology, Roehampton University, London, England & Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brazil

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Ferrari, Stephen F., Guedes, Patrícia G., Figueiredo-Ready, Wilsea M.B., Barnett, Adrian A. (2014): Reconsidering the taxonomy of the Black-Faced Uacaris, Cacajao melanocephalus group (Mammalia: Pitheciidae), from the northern Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 3866 (3): 353-370, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.3.3

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