Nancy Ma's night monkey
| Nancy Ma's night monkey[1] | |
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| 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 and Peru.
It is known in medical research as a model organism for studying the Duffy antigen.
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Wikispecies has information related to: Nancy Ma's Night Monkey |
- ↑ 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. p. 140. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ Cornejo, F. & Palacios, E. (2008). "Aotus nancymaae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
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