Cacajao
Translingual
Etymology
From Portuguese cacajão, from Tupian cacajao.[1]
Proper noun
Cacajao m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pitheciidae – uakari.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Primates – order; Haplorhini – suborder; Simiiformes – infraorder; Platyrrhini – parvorder; Pitheciidae – family ; Pitheciinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cacajao melanocephalus (black uakari) - type species; Cacajao ayresi, Cacajao calvus, Cacajao hosomi - other species
References
- ^ “Cacajao, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
- Cacajao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cacajao on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cacajao on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons