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
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
Range of type subspecies, L. lagothrica lagothrica
Synonyms
  • Lagothrix lagotricha (Humboldt, 1812)
  • Gastrimargus infumatus Spix, 1823
  • Lagothrix caparro Lesson, 1840
  • Lagothrix caroarensis Lonnberg, 1931
  • Lagothrix geoffroyi Pucheran, 1857
  • Lagothrix humboldtii É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
  • Macaco barrigo Natterer, 1883
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