Homunculus patagonicus

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Homunculus
Fossil range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Pitheciidae
Subfamily: Callicebinae
Genus: Homunculus
Species: H. patagonicus
Binomial name
Homunculus patagonicus
Ameghino, 1894

Homunculus patagonicus is an extinct New World monkey species that lived in Argentina during the Miocene. It is likely the ancestral species for the Callicebinae subfamily, whose living members are the titi monkeys.

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