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1. www.iflscience.com › meet-the-owl-monkey-theMeet The Owl Monkey: The World’s Only Nocturnal Monkey ...

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   Mar 13, 2024 · Owl monkeys have incredibly tight social bonds and have never been found to cheat on their partners. Image credit: Nowaczyk/Shutterstock.com. Owl monkeys weigh roughly 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) and...

2. primate.wisc.edu › pin-factsheet-owl-monkeyOwl monkey - Wisconsin National Primate Research Center

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   CURRENT RANGE MAPS (IUCN REDLIST): Aotus azarae | Aotus hershkovitzi | Aotus lemurinus | Aotus miconax | Aotus nancymaae | Aotus nigriceps | Aotus trivirgatus | Aotus vociferans Owl monkeys are widely distributed across southern Central America and northern South America (Groves 2001). A. lemurinus subspecies are found in Panama, northern Colombia,...

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   Aotus species widely inhabit primary, secondary, and remnant tropical forests as well as seasonally deciduous scrub forest, subtropical dry forest, and gallery forest from Panama to Argentina and Paraguay at a wide variety of elevations from sea level to 3200 m (10,498 ft) (Wright 1981; Aquino & Encarnación 1994; Fernandez-Duque et al. 2001). Tempe...

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   Aotus is the only nocturnal monkey. Adopting a system of nocturnal behavior seems disadvantageous to animals like primates that have a high dependence on vision: food, including insects, animal prey, and fruit, is more difficult to find at night, locomotion through the forest canopy is significantly more dangerous in dim light, and a different set ...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Night_monkeyNight monkey - Wikipedia

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   Night monkeys, also known as owl monkeys or douroucoulis[2] (/ duːruːˈkuːliz /), are nocturnal New World monkeys of the genus Aotus, the only member of the family Aotidae (/ eɪˈɒtɪdiː /).

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   Aotus lemurinus, commonly known as the owl monkey or night monkey, is found in Central and South America. They occur from Panama to northeastern Argentina, and from Peru and Equador to Guyana and Brazil.

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   There are eight species of night monkeys, also commonly called douroucoulis or owl monkeys, found from Panama to Peru, Bolivia, and northeastern Argentina. Douroucoulis are the only nocturnal monkeys in the New World. They are small monkeys found exclusively in forests.

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   Between 1968 and 1972, the United States imported 20,869 owl monkeys (including other species of the genus Aotus), primarily from Columbia and Bolivia. Between 1976 and 1980, the number was drastically reduced to 3300 individuals.

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   Do owl monkeys cheat?

   • Owl monkeys have incredibly tight social bonds and have never been found to cheat on their partners. Owl monkeys weigh roughly 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) and have thick gray fur across most of their bodies with orange fur over their chests and bellies, depending on the species.

   Meet The Owl Monkey: The World’s Only Nocturnal Monkey Species

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   What is a new world owl monkey?

   • The New World subfamily Aotinae consists of the genus Aotus, commonly called owl monkeys. The genus includes 11 species, which range over a variety of forest habitats, from Panama to northern Argentina.

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   Do owl monkeys live up to their name?

   • Owl monkeys really do live up to their name. Just once in a while, zoologists like to combine the names of animals – something like the parrotfish or the dragonfly. This time, they’ve done it for good reason. Meet the owl monkey, also known as the night monkey, the world’s only nocturnal primate species.

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   Are owl monkeys a threat to Aotus?

   • Most Aotus species are relatively common and are classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The greatest threat to Aotus populations is habitat loss, though illegal capture of wild owl monkeys for biomedical research may also pose a substantial threat to some species.

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   Are owl monkeys nocturnal?

   • Just once in a while, zoologists like to combine the names of animals – something like the parrotfish or the dragonfly. This time, they’ve done it for good reason. 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?

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   Who are some owl monkey researchers?

   • Some of the intrepid owl monkey researchers and contributors to the knowledge of wild Aotus include Patricia Wright (Peru and Paraguay), Rolando Aquino and Filomeno Encarnación (Peru), and Eduardo Fernandez-Duque (Argentina). Captive studies of Aotus have been conducted at the New England Primate Research Center.

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8. onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › fullOwl Monkeys (Aotinae) - Corley - Major Reference Works ...

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   Sep 14, 2016 · Aotinae is a subfamily of New World primates that consists solely of the genus Aotus. Commonly called owl monkeys, species of Aotus are also known as night monkeys, douroucoulis, and mirikinás. While the genus was first described as a single species, Aotus trivirgatus, 11 species are now recognized, based on karyotype (the number of ...