Brumback's night monkey

Brumback's night monkey[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Aotidae
Genus: Aotus
Species: A. brumbacki
Binomial name
Aotus brumbacki
Hershkovitz, 1983
Brumback's night monkey range

Brumback's night monkey (Aotus brumbacki) is a species of night monkey found in Colombia.[1] It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of gray-bellied night monkey, Aotus lemurinus.[3] but it has recently been argued that it should be considered a separate species.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Defler, Thomas R. Primates of Colombia. ISBN 1-881173-83-6.
  2. Morales-Jiménez, A.L., Link, A. & Stevenson, P. (2008). "Aotus brumbacki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  3. Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  4. Defler, T. R., & Bueno, M. L. (2007). "Aotus Diversity and the Species Problem" (PDF). Primate Conservation 2007 (22): 55–70. doi:10.1896/052.022.0104.


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