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Night monkeys

Aotus vociferans

Photo by DiegoM
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Field Notes

Description:

Night monkeys are nocturnal: they are most active at dawn and dusk. They are frugivorous; their diet includes fruit, nectar and flowers, leaves, and small animals prey such as insects

Habitat:

Night monkeys typically occur in primary and secondary forest. In Ecuador, this species occurs in humid tropical forest between 200 and 900 m above sea level, and in the Cordillera del Condor, in subtropical forest up to 1,550 m

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Sweet spotting. These little guys are gorgeous. Congrats on your SOTD, Diego.
Congrats Diego, these curious Night Monkeys from Ecuador are our Spotting of the Day! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10157264215075603/?type=3&theater Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/762083319014187008
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PublishedAugust 6, 2016

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