Aotus vociferans

(von Spix, 1823)

Spix'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

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 locality

Tabatinga, upper Río Marañón, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

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

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

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

3

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. True (1885:611, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

True (1885:611, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

spixi

Groves, 2005

Family

Aotidae

Root name

spixi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

141

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Aotus vociferans

Groves, 2005

Family

Aotidae

Root name

vociferans

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 (2013:428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. 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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