Azara's night monkey

Azara's night monkey[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Aotidae
Genus: Aotus
Species: A. azarae
Binomial name
Aotus azarae
(Humboldt, 1811)
Azara's Night Monkey range

Azara's night monkey, Aotus azarae, is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay. It is named after Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara.

There are three subspecies of this monkey:

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 139-140. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100300. 
  2. ^ Fernandez-Duque, E., Wallace, R. B. & Rylands, A. B. (2008). Aotus azarae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2 January 2009.