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Mar 13, 2024 · What is an owl monkey and where do they live? The owl monkeys are a group of 10 species in the genus Aotus, split into two groups. Previously the genus just contained one species with several...
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The soulful eyes of the Nancy Ma’s night monkey, also called the Ma’s Night Monkey or Peruvian red-necked owl monkeys, peer from the hollow of trees in the Amazonian neotropics of South America. They make their homes in rainforests that range from Northern Peru to Western Brazil.
First described in 1823 by German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix, Spix’s night monkey (Aotus vociferans)—also known as the Colombian gray night monkey, noisy night monkey, or Spix’s owl monkey—is found north of the Amazon River in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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 )
Azara’s night monkeys, also called Azara’s owl monkeys and southern night monkeys, are endemic to the Gran Chaco region of South America—a large area including many diverse ecosystems, from grasslands to savannas to xeric thorn forests and gallery forests.
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Aotus trivirgatus are being threaten by extensive deforestation of the tropical rainforests of South America. They are sensitive to clear cutting as well as selective deforestation, because this limits the diversity of diets within each group's limited territory.
