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--> FAMILY Aotidae
--> GENUS Aotus
SPECIES Aotus hershkovitzi
| Author: | Ramirez-Cerquera, 1983. | | Citation: | IX Cong. Latinoamer. Zool. [abstracts], Arequipa, Peru: 148. | | Common Name: | Hershkovitz’s Night Monkey | | Type Locality: | Colombia, Dept. of Meta, east side of Cordillera Oriental. | | Distribution: | Known from the type locality only. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | | Comments: | Gray-necked species group. According to Defler et al. (2001), probably a synonym of Aotus lemurinus lemurinus, but more work (especially on karyotypes) needs to be done. |
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