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Gray-Handed Night Monkey
Aotus griseimembra
10.9861, -74.7703
Field Notes
Description:
It is a New World Monkey from Colombia and Venezuela, member of the genus Aotus. They are monogmous and generally they give birth to a single infant each year.
They Gray-Handed Night Monkey is listed as Vulnerable. The reasons are in part due to habitat loss, but also because they are capture for malaria research.
Habitat:
It is found in several types of forest, including secondary forest and coffee plantations, although one study indicated a preference for highly diverse forest
Notes:
They were photographed at the Barranquilla zoo, but they are actually free.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2011
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