Azara's Night Monkey. Fauna Cuiabana. Cuiabá Basin Fauna Project Pages.

This is one of the most chrismatic species to be included on these pages. On these pages we present information on the conservation biology, field biology and habitat of animals studied as part of a veterinary monograph which will be published elsewhere.

This page is about the Azara's Night Monkey, whose taxonomic classification is thus:

• Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata
• Class Mammalia
• Order Primata
• Family Aotidae
• Genus Aotus
• Species Aotus infulatus
• Sub-species Aotus azarae infulatus

The main threat to the species is habitat destruction. That is, forest fragmentation..

It is apparently common. There are three subspecies. It is crepuscular ie active during during dawn and dusk. Its habitat is primary and secondary forest.  The diet includes necatr, fruit, leaves and insects.  They are monogamous and live in small family groups. Males reach sexual maturity at two years and females at 3-4.

The animal I examined weighed 1.2kg. It is listed as Least Concern by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species 2008.