Aotus griseimembra
D. G. Elliot, 1912
Gray-legged Night Monkey
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Primates |
| Suborder | : Haplorhini |
| Infraorder | : Simiiformes |
| Parvorder | : Platyrrhini |
| Family | : Aotidae |
| Genus | : Aotus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Elliot, D.G. 1912-03-04. New species of monkeys of the genera Seniocebus, Alouatta, and Aotus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 31:31-33.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26898847Original name as described
Aotus griseimembra
Other common names
Gray-handed Night Monkey · Yellow-bellied Night Monkey · Yellow-bellied Owl Monkey
Type material
AMNH M-32664
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Hacienda Cincinnati, Santa Marta, and Rio Sinú Cereté, Bolívar, Colombia.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Venezuela
Taxonomy notes
split from A. zonalis
Taxonomy notes citation
Defler, T.R. and Bueno, M.L. 2007. Aotus diversity and the species problem. Primate Conservation 22: 55-70.
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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