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Juruena, Arapiuns. • right. Teles Pires, Cururu, Das Tropas, Crepori, Jamanxim. The Tapajós ( Portuguese: Rio Tapajós [ˈʁi.u tɐpɐˈʒɔs]) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately 2,080 km (1,290 mi) long. [2]
Body functionality. Sakis are small-sized monkeys with long, bushy tails. Their furry, rough skin is black, grey or reddish-brown in color depending upon the species. The faces of some species are naked, but their head is hooded with fur. Their bodies are adapted to life in the trees, with strong hind legs allowing them to make far jumps.
Binomial name. Pithecia irrorata. J. E. Gray, 1842. Rio Tapajós saki range. The Rio Tapajós saki or Gray's bald-faced saki [3] ( Pithecia irrorata) is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in parts of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, southeastern Peru and possibly northern Bolivia.
The Tapajós, also called the Santarém culture, were Indigenous Brazilian people, now extinct, who in the 17th century lived in the area around where the Tapajós flowed into the Amazon River, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. [ 1] Tapajó. Tapajocos. Region. Tapajós and Amazon Rivers. Era. attested 17th century.
White-faced saki. The white-faced saki ( Pithecia pithecia ), called the Guianan saki and the golden-faced saki, is a species of the New World saki monkey. They can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. This species lives in the understory and lower canopy of the forest, feeding mostly on fruits, nuts, seeds, and ...
The Tapajós National Forest has an area of 549,066.87 hectares (1,356,773.8 acres). [1] It is in the municipalities of Belterra, Aveiro, Rurópolis and Placas in the state of Pará. [2] The unit is bounded by the Tapajós, the Cupari River, a tributary of the Tapajós, and the BR-163 Santarém–Cuiabá road. Part of the forest drains into the ...
Sketch map of Tapajos basin conservation units: 14. Jamanxim National Park . The Jamanxim National Park covers 859,797 hectares (2,124,600 acres) of Amazon rainforest. It is in parts of the municipalities of Altamira, Itaituba and Trairão in the state of Pará. The Trairão National Forest lies to the north.
The Falkland Islands, which lie about 300 miles east of the tip of South America, are a British-ruled overseas territory over which Britain and Argentina fought a brief war in 1982. Britain won ...