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Uta Hick's bearded saki

Uta Hick's bearded saki is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Uta Hick's bearded saki rather than just read about it. In short: Uta Hick's bearded saki (Chiropotes utahicki) is an endangered species of bearded saki, a type of New World monkey. It is endemic to Brazil, where restricted to the Amazon between the Xingu and Tocantins Rivers.

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Reference excerpt

Uta Hick's bearded saki (Chiropotes utahicki) is an endangered species of bearded saki, a type of New World monkey. It is endemic to Brazil, where restricted to the Amazon between the Xingu and Tocantins Rivers. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the more easterly C. satanas, but its back is pale brownish.

Etymology Its vernacular and specific name were made in honor of Uta Hick, a German primatologist who cared for bearded sakis at the Cologne Zoo. In the 1980s, she was the first person who could successfully keep captive bearded sakis. Her married name is Uta Rümpler. The specific name utahicki is often corrected to utahickae, as -ae is the appropriate suffix for the genitive of a woman honoree's name (meaning "Uta Hick's") according to ICZN rules. Even though -i technically indicates a male honoree, some sources discourage modifying the earlier utahicki, because there is no official way to make such corrections under the current (1999) ICZN.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Uta Hick's bearded saki

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Uta Hick's bearded saki ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Uta Hick's bearded saki

In research: Uta Hick's bearded saki appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Uta Hick's bearded saki in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Uta Hick's bearded saki is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Arboreal mammals, Endemic mammals of Brazil, IUCN Red List endangered species, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Uta Hick's bearded saki outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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