Nancy Ma's night monkey[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Family: | Aotidae |
Genus: | Aotus |
Species: | A. nancymaae |
Binomial name | |
Aotus nancymaae Hershkovitz, 1983 |
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Nancy Ma's Night Monkey range |
Nancy Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymaae) is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
It is known in medical research as a model organism for studying the Duffy antigen.
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