Silvery Woolly Monkey
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| Lagothrix poeppigii Schinz, 1844 |
The Silvery Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix poeppigii), also known as Poeppig's Woolly Monkey, is a woolly monkey species from South America. Named after the German zoologist Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, it is found in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.
[edit] References
- ^ 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, 151-152. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Rylands et al (2003). Lagothrix poeppigii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is near threatened
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