Spix's Night Monkey

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Spix's Night Monkey
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Aotidae Genus: Aotus Species: A. vociferans
Binomial name
Aotus vociferans (Spix, 1823)

The Spix's Night Monkey, Aotus vociferans, is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

[edit] References

• Heymann et al (2003). Aotus vociferans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 06 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 141. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
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