Hernández-Camacho's night monkey

Hernández-Camacho'es night monkey[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Aotidae
Genus: Aotus
Species: A. jorgehernandezi
Binomial name
Aotus jorgehernandezi
Defler and Bueno, 2007
Hernandez-Camacho's Night Monkey range

The Hernández-Camacho's night monkey (Aotus jorgehernandezi) is a species of night monkey of the family Aotidae. It was first described in 2007 by Thomas Defler and Marta Bueno.[1] It has a gray neck and a white patch over each eye, separated by a black band.[1] The fur on the chest, belly, lower arms and lower wrists is thick and white.[1] It differs from other gray-necked night monkey species other than Brumback's night monkey in having 50 chromosomes.[1] It is believed to live in Colombia on the western slopes and foothills of the Andes, between Quindío and Risaralda.[1] It is possible that it occurs in Tatamá Natural National Park.[2] This range is currently also considered part of the range of the Panamanian night monkey.[2] The Latin name honors the late Colombian biologist Jorge Hernández-Camacho.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Defler, T. R., & Bueno, M. L. (2007). "Aotus Diversity and the Species Problem". Primate Conservation 2007 (22): 55–70. http://www.primate-sg.org/PDF/PC22.jorgehernandezi.V2.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b c Morales-Jiménez, A.L. & Link, A. (2008). Aotus jorgehernandezi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 December 2008.