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Mar 13, 2024 · Meet the owl monkey, also known as the night monkey, the world’s only nocturnal primate species. What is an owl monkey and where do they live? The owl monkeys are a group of 10 species in the ...
- Molecular Markers and Species Identification
- Phylogenetic Considerations
- Evolutionary, Karyological and Taxonomic Considerations
Our findings showed different MT-CO1, MT-CO2, MT-CYB and SRY haplotypes between Aotus species although some SRY haplotypes differed by only one nucleotide (see Figure 2A), as was the case of A. infulatus (IN2) when compared to A. azarae boliviensis (AB1) and A. nigriceps(NI2). Identification based on MT-CO2was shown to be unreliable for closely rel...
Analyses of the different datasets showed that Dat-CO1 contained the highest number of PI sites (182), closely followed by Dat-CYB (181), while Dat-CO2, showed the lowest number (66). This might be related to the smaller size of MT-CO2 (696 bp) respective to MT-CO1 (1,557 bp) and MT-CYB (1,140 bp) although a similar number of PI sites was found in ...
Our phylogenetic reconstructions question the classical grouping of red neck and grey neck species proposed by Hershkovitz . All phylogenetic reconstructions based on mtDNA showed that the lineage leading to the grey neck species A. trivirgatus was a sister lineage of the one leading to the red neck clade (A. nigriceps (A. azarae, A. infulatus)). I...
- Albert N Menezes, Cibele R Bonvicino, Hector N Seuánez
- 2010
Night monkeys (Aotus), also known as owl monkeys, are New World primates found across Central and South America, ranging from Panama to northern Argentina. Belonging to the family Aotidae, they are characterized by their nocturnal lifestyle and distinctive owl-like appearance.
The night monkey genus, Aotus, includes at least twelve species and three subspecies. ANDEAN NIGHT MONKEY. Aotus miconax. CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED. Andean night monkeys, also known as Peruvian night monkeys, are endemic to the South American country of Peru, in the Andes Mountains.
Night monkeys are found in southern Central America through South America as far south as Bolivia, northeastern Argentina, and Paraguay. The genus Aotus is the second most widely distributed New World monkey genus, with howler monkeys being more widely distributed. (Cawthon Lang and Fernandez-Duque, 2005; Martin, 2004; Nowak, 1991)
May 21, 2024 · Owl monkeys, which comprise the genus Aotus and are also known as night monkeys, are of considerable scientific interest as they are the only simians with a nocturnal lifestyle evolved secondarily from a diurnal ancestor (Ankel-Simons and Rasmussen 2008).
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Sep 14, 2023 · Owl monkeys, genus Aotus, are distributed from Panama to the northeast of Argentina and from the highlands of the Andes to the Atlantic coast. They are relatively small arboreal platyrrhines (0.7–1.5 kg) that show no conspicuous sexual dimorphism in body...
