Aotus trivirgatus

(von Humboldt in von Humboldt & Bonpland, 1811)

Humboldt's 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

Humboldt, A. von and Bonpland, A. 1811. Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée, faites dans l'Océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Premier volume. F. Schoell, Paris, 368 pp.

Original name as described

Simia trivirgata

Other common names

Douroucouli · Northern Gray-necked Owl Monkey · Northern Night Monkey · Three-striped Night Monkey · Three-striped Owl Monkey

Type locality

Forests of the Río Cassiquiare, near the foot of Mount Duida, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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