Nancy Ma's night monkey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the nancy Ma's night monkey lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Aotus nancymaae
Group	Monkeys
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Aotidae

Where does the nancy Ma's night monkey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the nancy Ma's night monkey in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Manicoré.

Peru

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 nancy Ma's night monkey endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the nancy Ma's night monkey?

The nancy Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymaae) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Aotidae, genus Aotus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the nancy Ma's night monkey

Nancy Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymaae) is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Peru. The species is named after Dr. Nancy Shui-Fong Ma.

It is known in medical research as a model organism for studying the Duffy antigen. Nancy Ma's night monkeys have also been found to have an evolutionary pattern change in the hormone oxytocin. It was believed that all placental mammals had the same OXT amino acid chain until the discovery of a change in this New World monkey and others.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Nancy Ma's night monkey (revision 1356902089), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1209751 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).