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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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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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