Northern night monkey

(Aotus trivirgatus)

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Description

Aotus trivirgatus is a monkey-in-the-night species,a New World Monkey in the family Aotidae and the genus Aotus.It occurs in north-central Brazil and Venezuela. Until 1983,all night monkeys were subspecies of Aotus trivirgatus.Philip Hershkovitz's review considers only the taxon that occurs north of the Rio Negro,occurring in Brazil and southern Venezuela. It has the neck of grayish color,ranging from a more brownish tone to gray itself.The inside member is orange or cream,gray rest of the body,and with short hair.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Mammalia
Order:Primates
Family:Aotidae
Genus:Aotus
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