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Azara's Night Monkey (Aotus azarae)CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Azara’s night monkeys, also called Azara’s owl monkeys and southern night monkeys, are endemic to the Gran Chaco region of South America—a large area including many diverse ecosystems, from grasslands to savannas to xeric thorn forests and gallery...
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Colombian Night Monkey (Aotus lemurinus)CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The Colombian night monkey is a New World monkey with a host of aliases—including gray-bellied night monkey, gray-bellied owl monkey, lemurine night monkey, and lemurine owl monkey—and is native to the South American countries of Colombia...
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Northern Night Monkey (Aotus trivirgatus)CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Northern night monkeys, also known as northern owl monkeys, the three-striped night monkeys, or douroucoulis, are one the gray-neck species of night monkey. They are found north of the Amazon River. Their range is primarily between southern Venezuela...
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Panamanian Night Monkey (Aotus zonalis)CONSERVATION STATUS: DATA DEFICIENT
The Panamanian night monkey, also known as Chocoan night or owl monkeys, lives in the lowlands of Panama and in the western or Chocó region of Colombia. There have also been reports of their incidence on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica...
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Peruvian Night Monkey (Aotus miconax)CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Endemic to the country of Peru, the Peruvian night monkey also called the Andean night monkey, the Peruvian owl monkey, and the red-necked owl monkey, is found in patches of shrinking forest in northeast and north central Peru...
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Spix's Night Monkey (Aotus vociferans)CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
First described in 1823 by German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix, Spix’s night monkey, also known as the Colombian gray night monkey, noisy night monkey, or Spix’s owl monkey, is found north of the Amazon River in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru...
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