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Colombian Night Monkey (Aotus lemurinus)

Colombian Night Monkey (Aotus lemurinus)
Colombian Night Monkey (Aotus lemurinus)

About Colombian Night Monkey (Aotus lemurinus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Mammals
  • Order: Primates
  • Family: Night Monkeys

The gray-bellied night monkey, also called the grey-legged douroucouli or lemurine owl monkey, is a small New World monkey of the family Aotidae. Native to tropical and subtropical forests of South America, the gray-bellied night monkey faces a significant threat from hunting, harvesting for use in pharmaceutical research and habitat destruction.

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 2023-02-12

    TInamou Birding Nature Reserve, Colombia
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