Nancy Ma's night monkey
Appearance
Nancy Ma's night monkey[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Aotidae |
Genus: | Aotus |
Species: | A. nancymaae
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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.
References
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. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Maldonado, A.; Guzman-Caro, D.; Shanee, S.; Defler, T.R. & Roncancio, N. (2017). "Aotus nancymaae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T41540A121725532. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T41540A121725532.en.