Common woolly monkey
The common woolly monkey, brown woolly monkey, or Humboldt's woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha) is a woolly monkey from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela. It lives in groups of two to 70 individuals, usually splitting the group into smaller subgroups when active.
Common woolly monkey | |
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Common woolly monkey in La Vallée des Singes, France | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Atelidae |
Genus: | Lagothrix |
Species: | L. lagothricha |
Binomial name | |
Lagothrix lagothricha (Humboldt, 1812) | |
Subspecies | |
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Range of type subspecies, L. lagothrica lagothrica | |
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