Cacajao Lesson 1840

Cacajao Lesson 1840, Spec. Mamm. Bim. et Quadrum.: 181.

Type Species: Simia melanocephalus Humboldt 1812

Synonyms: Brachyurus Spix 1823; Cercoptochus Gloger 1842; Cothurus Palmer 1899; Neocothurus Palmer 1903; Ouakaria Gray 1849 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 4 subspecies:

Species Cacajao calvus I. Geoffroy 1847

Subspecies Cacajao calvus subsp. calvus I. Geoffroy 1847

Subspecies Cacajao calvus subsp. novaesi Hershkovitz 1987

Subspecies Cacajao calvus subsp. rubicundus I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire and Deville 1848

Subspecies Cacajao calvus subsp. ucayalii Thomas 1928

Species Cacajao melanocephalus (Humboldt 1812)

Discussion: Revised by Hershkovitz (1987 c). Reduced to a subgenus of Chiropotes by Goodman et al. (1998).