Aotus nigriceps

Dollman, 1909

Black-headed 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

Dollman, G. 1909-09-01. Six new species of Aotus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(21):199-204.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097579

Original name as described

Aotus nigriceps

Other common names

Black-headed Owl Monkey · Night Monkey · Owl Monkey

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63bf65ef-d7f4-4d95-b31b-0ce2386e193a

Type locality

Peru, Chanchamayo, 1000 m.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Peru · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000751

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 nigriceps

Dollman, 1909

Family

Aotidae

Root name

nigriceps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63bf65ef-d7f4-4d95-b31b-0ce2386e193a

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097579

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41542/190455194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Aotus senex

Dollman, 1909

Family

Aotidae

Root name

senex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.6.17.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3de763b2-eba5-4a6b-993b-2b278822fac5 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3f8200d9-5b32-44a4-92a6-9289dabfa3b0

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097579

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

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