Aotus vociferans

(von Spix, 1823)

Spix's Night Monkey

Close-up of face. Formerly in Cebidae. Also as Noisy Night Monkey|Spix's Owl Monkey.

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Location:Colombia, Cundinamarca, Zoo Santa CruzDate taken:Jan 1, 1995

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1561

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

Spix, J.B. von. 1823. Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae, ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de singes et de chauves-souris observées et recueillies pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil exécuté par ordre de S. M. le roi de Bavière dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820. Franciscus Seraphicus Hübschmann, Munich, 72 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826914

Original name as described

Nyctipithecus Vociferans

Other common names

Noisy Night Monkey · Spix's Owl Monkey

Type material

ZSM 1823/5, ZSM 2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Type locality

Tabatinga, upper Río Marañón, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

Subregion distribution

Distribution notes

Distribution references

Taxonomy notes

Taxonomy notes citation

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000753

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.

Total: 12 names and synonyms.

Nyctipithecus Vociferans

(von Spix, 1823)

Family

Aotidae

Root name

vociferans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 1823/5, ZSM 2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826914

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

Spix (1823:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38733)
Schinz (1825:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1843:1152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2680010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68911)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1855:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27344960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69176)
Fitzinger (1861:389, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
Murray (1866:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Schlegel (1876:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
True (1885:611, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
Alfaro (1897:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
Trouessart (1904:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Cebus vociferans

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Aotidae

Root name

vociferans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Nyctipithecus oseryi

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Deville, 1848)

Family

Aotidae

Root name

oseryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1847-1658 (= MNHN:type:103a) (= MNHN "493") (= MNHN "540")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1847-1658

Authority page

498

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2804958

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

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

Nyctipithecus Spixii

(Pucheran, 1857)

Family

Aotidae

Root name

spixii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1852-28 (= MNHN:type:105) (= MNHN "488") (= MNHN "547")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1852-28

Authority page

355

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13712491

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Nyctipithecus rufipes

(P. L. Sclater, 1872)

Family

Aotidae

Root name

rufipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.1.31.25

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d5f506dd-f7eb-4664-9552-1a9c8e9650b2

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28611363

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Sclater (1872:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
True (1885:611, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
Trouessart (1904:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Nyctipithecus vociferans spixii

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Aotidae

Root name

spixii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422850

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Aotus gularis

Dollman, 1909

Family

Aotidae

Root name

gularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.6.3.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/889eafc7-cc21-41a1-a1c6-6622e063d439

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097580

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Elliot (1913:liv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Aotus microdon

Dollman, 1909

Family

Aotidae

Root name

microdon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1872.4.30.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d97f31fe-49dd-4489-8a7b-67fce17545b7

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097582

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Elliot (1913:liv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Aotus oseryi

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Aotidae

Root name

oseryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

liv

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602348

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:liv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Aotus rufipes

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Aotidae

Root name

rufipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

liii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602347

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:liii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

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Aotus spixi

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Aotidae

Root name

spixi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

liv

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602348

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:liv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Groves (2005:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Aotus vociferans

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Aotidae

Root name

vociferans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

liii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602347

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:liii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Thomas (1928:255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19808)
Groves (1993:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
Rylands, Schneider, Langguth, Mittermeier, Groves & Rodríguez-Luna (2000:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71834)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41544/191682904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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