AOTIDAE, Elliot, 1913

Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Aotidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 414-431 : 414

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5726960
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6585279
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scientific name	AOTIDAE
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Family AOTIDAE View in CoL

(NIGHT MONKEYS)

* Small to medium-sized monkeys with small, rounded head, large, globose eyes, inconspicuous ears, white to off-white hair above eyes and around muzzle, variously distinct triradiate, black stripes on head, and long tail.

60-90 cm View Figure

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• Neotropical Region. View Figure

• Moist tropical and subtropical, submontane and montane, dry deciduous and semi-deciduous, gallery and Chacoan forests.

• 1 genus, 11 species, 13 taxa.

• 4 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.