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

Where the Spix's night monkey lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Aotus vociferans
Group	Monkeys
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Aotidae

Where does the Spix's night monkey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Spix's night monkey in 3 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Manacapuru.

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 Spix's night monkey endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Spix's night monkey?

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

About the Spix's night monkey

Spix's night monkey (Aotus vociferans), also known as the Colombian gray night monkey, noisy night monkey and Spix's owl monkey, is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

The Spix's night monkey is a small bodied monkey species usually having a mass of

around one kilogram. It belongs to the only nocturnal genus of New World primates, Aotus. This type of monkey can leap farther than most due to it having longer arms than

legs. The monkey averages 0.5 meters in height. The night monkey is considered to be

a new world monkey.

The social behavior of the Aotus vociferans is group based. These groups

usually consist of breeding pairs and their offspring. This species has a

monogamous mating system. After the offspring are born, the father

becomes the main caretaker, only giving up the offspring for them to suckle. The offspring will

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Spix's night monkey (revision 1371731101), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q508509 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).