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Red Uakari

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Red Uakari Range
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Type: Mammal Diet: Herbivore Average life span in the wild: 15 to 20 years Size: 14 to 22.5 in (36 to 57 cm) Weight: 4.4 to 6.

 


The red uakari is a medium-sized monkey weighing about 4 kg (9 lb). The swamp forests that it lives in are periodically flooded. Uakaris are and are often found in the tops of large trees.

Red uakari
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The White Uakari is found in north-western Brazil; the Golden Uakari on the Brazil-Peru border; the Red Uakari on the Brazil-Columbia border, with the Pale-Backed Red Uakari being found just a little further east.

See also: Uakari, Monkey