Common woolly monkey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common woolly monkey lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lagothrix lagothricha
Group	Monkeys
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Atelidae

Where does the common woolly monkey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common woolly monkey in 4 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common woolly monkey endangered?

The common woolly monkey’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common woolly monkey?

The common woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Atelidae, genus Lagothrix. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common woolly monkey

The common woolly monkey, brown woolly monkey, or Humboldt's woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha) is a woolly monkey from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela. It lives in groups of two to 70 individuals, usually splitting the group into smaller subgroups when active.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common woolly monkey (revision 1377853544), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q107054796 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).