Peruvian Night Monkey

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Peruvian Night Monkey[1]
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Aotidae Genus: Aotus Species: A. miconax
Binomial name
Aotus miconax Thomas, 1927

The Peruvian Night Monkey, Aotus miconax, is a night monkey species endemic to Peru.

[edit] References

1. ^ 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, 140. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
2. ^ Heymann, E.W. & Rylands, A.B. (2003). Aotus miconax. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-08-02.

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v • d • e Extant species of family Aotidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Primates · Suborder: Haplorrhini Aotus (Night monkeys) Gray-neck group: Gray-bellied Night Monkey (Aotus lemurinus) · Hershkovitz's Night Monkey (Aotus hershkovitzi) · Brumback's Night Monkey (Aotus brumbacki) · Three-striped Night Monkey (Aotus trivirgatus) · Spix's Night Monkey (Aotus vociferans) Red-neck group: Peruvian Night Monkey (Aotus miconax) · Nancy Ma's Night Monkey (Aotus nancymaae) · Azara's Night Monkey (Aotus azarae) · Black-headed Night Monkey (Aotus nigriceps) Category