Adult male red uakari monkey at Lago Preto.

Monkey Research

Mark Bowler has been working with the red uakari monkeys in the Yavari Valley, Peru since June 2002. This project is the first year-round study on the species, and is investigating the behavioural ecology, and human impact on the species.

The research at Lago Preto in the Yavari valley centers around several troops of red uakari monkeys using the forest in this very special area. These groups are being used to study the ecology, ranging patterns, behaviour, fission-fusion social structure and interspecific interactions of the species.

Red Uakari Monkey Project Publications

Study Site: The Lago Preto Conservation Concession

Uakari Diets: Identifying Uakari Food

Adult male researcher 'not lost' at Lago Preto.