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UAKARI (Ouakari)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 553 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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UAKARI (Ouakari) , the native name of certain tropical See also:American monkeys, distinguished from all other New See also:World monkeys by their See also:short tails. The three known See also:species constitute the genus Uacaria (or Cothurus) of zoologists, and are See also:con-fined to the forests of Amazonia and the neighbourhood. One of them (U. calva) is remarkable for its See also:long, silky, See also:pale See also:chestnut See also:fur and brilliant See also:scarlet See also:face, which is naked (see See also:PRIMATES).

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