Black-headed night monkey

Aotus nigriceps

The black-headed night monkey is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. The "A. nigriceps" in Peru were notably inhabiting areas that were degraded, and often these areas were disturbed either by human activities or natural occurrences in the ecosystem.
Black-headed night monkeys (Aotus nigriceps) Lago Sandoval, Madre de Dios, Peru. Jun 4, 2022 Aotus nigriceps,Black-headed night monkey,Fall,Geotagged,Peru

Naming

It is called ausisiti in the Kwaza language of Rondônia, Brazil, and nu’nu’ in the Shawi language of Peru.

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

Status: Least concern
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderPrimates
FamilyAotidae
GenusAotus
SpeciesA. nigriceps
Photographed in
Peru