Yellow-tailed woolly monkey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the yellow-tailed woolly monkey lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lagothrix flavicauda
Group	Monkeys
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Atelidae

Where does the yellow-tailed woolly monkey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the yellow-tailed woolly monkey in 1 country or territory across South America.

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 yellow-tailed woolly monkey endangered?

The yellow-tailed woolly monkey’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the yellow-tailed woolly monkey?

The yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Atelidae, genus Lagothrix. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the yellow-tailed woolly monkey

The yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda) is a species of New World monkey endemic to Peru. This rare primate is found only in the Peruvian Andes, primarily within the departments of Amazonas and San Martín, as well as in adjacent areas of La Libertad, Huánuco, and Loreto.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Yellow-tailed woolly monkey (revision 1377856361), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q56054911 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).