- Nancy Ma's night monkey
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Nancy Ma's night monkey[1] Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Aotidae Genus: Aotus Species: A. nancymaae Binomial name Aotus nancymaae
Hershkovitz, 1983
Nancy Ma's Night Monkey range Nancy Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymaae) is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
It is known in medical research as a model organism for studying the Duffy antigen.
References
- ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 140. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100311.
- ^ Cornejo, F. & Palacios, E. (2008). Aotus nancymaae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2 January 2009.
Extant species of family Aotidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Primates · Suborder: Haplorrhini Aotus
(Night monkeys)Gray-neck group: Gray-bellied Night Monkey (A. lemurinus) · Gray-handed Night Monkey (A. griseimembra) · Brumback's Night Monkey (A. brumbacki) · Panamanian Night Monkey (A. zonalis) · Three-striped Night Monkey (A. trivirgatus) · Spix's Night Monkey (A. vociferans) · Hernández-Camacho's Night Monkey (A. jorgehernandezi)
Red-neck group: Peruvian Night Monkey (A. miconax) · Nancy Ma's Night Monkey (A. nancymaae) · Azara's Night Monkey (A. azarae) · Black-headed Night Monkey (A. nigriceps)Category This New World monkey-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
