Azara's night monkey
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| Azara's night monkey[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Aotidae |
| Genus: | Aotus |
| Species: | A. azarae |
| Binomial name | |
| Aotus azarae (Humboldt, 1811) |
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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:
- Aotus azarae azarae
- Bolivian night monkey, Aotus azarae boliviensis
- Feline night monkey, Aotus azarae infulatus
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fernandez-Duque, E., Wallace, R. B. & Rylands, A. B. (2008). "Aotus azarae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/41539. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
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