Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey
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| Oreonax flavicauda (Humboldt, 1812) |
The Yellow-tailed Woolly monkey, Oreonax flavicauda, is a New World primate endemic to Peru. It is a rare species found only in the Peruvian Andes, with less than 250 individuals in the wild. It belongs to the Atelidae family. It was once classified in the Lagothrix genus with the rest of the woolly monkeys.
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- Rylands et al (2000). Oreonax flavicauda. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2abcde, C2a v2.3)
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