Woolly Monkeys
The woolly monkeys include the Logothrix genus with at least 4 species and 2 subspecies,
and the newly recognized Oreonox genus with one species
and the newly recognized Oreonox genus with one species
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BROWN Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha)CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
Deep in South America, in the upper Amazon basin, brown woolly monkeys spend their days exploring among the trees. Also known as the common woolly monkey or Homboldt’s woolly monkey, they call a wide range of South America home. From Peru...
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Gray Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix cana or Lagothrix lagothricha ssp. cana)CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The gray woolly monkey, also known as Geoffroy’s woolly monkey (named for the French naturalist and explorer E. Geoffroy ), is a species of woolly monkey native to South America, inhabiting the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Peru. An isolated...
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Peruvian Yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda)CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
The Peruvian yellow-tailed woolly monkey, sometimes simply referred to as the yellow-tailed woolly monkey, has an extremely restricted geographic range and is found only in a small belt of cloud forest in northeastern Peru. It is restricted to high elevation cloud...
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Silvery Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix poeppigii)CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The silvery woolly monkey, also known as Poeppig’s woolly monkey, red woolly monkey, lowland woolly monkey, and chronogo (in Spanish), is found in western Brazil, eastern Ecuador, and northeastern Peru. They inhabit several different types of forest...
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