Black-headed night monkey

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Black-headed night monkey[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Aotidae
Genus: Aotus
Species: A. nigriceps
Binomial name
Aotus nigriceps
(Dollman, 1909)
Black-headed Night Monkey range

The Black-headed night monkey (Aotus nigriceps) is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.

References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 140–141. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. Cornejo, F. & Palacios, E. (2008). "Aotus nigriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 20 January 2012. 


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