Colombian Night Monkey
Aotus lemurinus
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Mammals
The gray-bellied night monkey, 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.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Aotidae
- Genus
- Aotus