Aotus lemurinus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1843)

Lemurine 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 16, 1151

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2680009

Original name as described

Nyctipithecus lemurinus

Other common names

Colombian Night Monkey · Gray-bellied Night Monkey · Lemurine Owl Monkey

Type material

MNHN 486 (= MNHN type 102a) (= MNHN 545)

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Colombia, Santa Fé de Bogotá.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador · Venezuela?

Taxonomy notes

previously included A. brumbacki; includes hershkovitzi

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000748

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Aotus pervigilis

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Aotidae

Root name

pervigilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-33879

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-33879

Authority page

252

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26891104

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Aotus aversus

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Aotidae

Root name

aversus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-34562

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-34562

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26891103

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Aotus lanius

Dollman, 1909

Family

Aotidae

Root name

lanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1890.2.22.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/783ecbbe-6a8b-4fac-8349-e3634b58286e

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097581

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Aotus hershkovitzi

Ramírez-Cerquera, 1983

Family

Aotidae

Root name

hershkovitzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ICN 8800

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

148

Authority publication

Arequipa

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Nyctipithecus lemurinus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1843)

Family

Aotidae

Root name

lemurinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 486 (= MNHN type 102a) (= MNHN 545)

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

1151

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2680009

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Martínez (1873:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14431635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67333)

Aotus lemurinus

Groves, 2005

Family

Aotidae

Root name

lemurinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1808/17922601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Aotus lemurinus lemurinus

Groves, 2005

Family

Aotidae

Root name

lemurinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Nyctipithecus villosus

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Aotidae

Root name

villosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44755533

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Nyctipithecus hirsutus

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Aotidae

Root name

hirsutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994575

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Aotus adversus

M. A. Lawrence, 1993

Family

Aotidae

Root name

adversus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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