Colombian Night Monkey
Aotus lemurinus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 122
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Gray-bellied night monkey”.