Gray-bellied night monkey
The gray-bellied night monkey (Aotus lemurinus), also called the grey-legged douroucouli or lemurine owl monkey, is a small New World monkey of the family Aotidae. Native to tropical and subtropical forests of South America, the gray-bellied night monkey faces a significant threat from hunting, harvesting for use in pharmaceutical research and habitat destruction.
| Gray-bellied night monkey | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Aotidae |
| Genus: | Aotus |
| Species: | A. lemurinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aotus lemurinus I. Geoffroy, 1843 | |
| Geographic range | |
| Synonyms | |
|
hershkovitzi Ramirez-Cerquera, 1983 | |
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