Aotidae
Author
Russell A. Mittermeier
Author
Anthony B. Rylands
Author
Don E. Wilson
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. Hernandez-Camacho’s Night
Monkey
Aotus jorgehernandezi
French:
Douroucouli de Hernandez
/
German:
Hernandez-Camacho-Nachtaffe
/
Spanish:
Mico nocturno de Hernandez-Camacho
Other common names:
Hernandez-Camacho’s Owl Monkey
Taxonomy.
Aotus jorgehernandezi Defler & Bueno, 2007
,
type locality uncertain, a captive animal in
Quindio Department
,
Colombia
, said to be from the Parque de los Nevados on the border of
Quindio
and Riseralda.
This species is monotypic.
Distribution.
The range is unknown, but it is believed to occur on the W slopes and foothills of the Andes of W
Colombia
, in the region of
Quindio
and Riseralda.
Descriptive notes.
No body measurements are available, but it is similar in size to other night monkeys. Hernandez-Camacho’s Night Monkey is a gray-necked species. The face has two discrete supraocular white patches separated by a broad black frontal stripe. Subocular white bands of fur are separated by a thin black malar stripe on each side of the head. Ventral parts of the arms from the wrists running up into the chest and belly are of thick white fur.
Habitat.
Submontane and possibly montane tropical forest.
Food and Feeding.
There is no information available for this species.
Breeding.
There is no information available for this species.
Activity patterns.
There is no specific information for this species, but Hernandez-Camacho’s Night Monkey is likely nocturnal and arboreal.
Movements, Home range and Social organization.
There is no information available for this species.
Status and Conservation.
CITES Appendix II. Classified as Data Deficient on The [UCN Red List. This species is not known to occur in any protected areas, but it may occur in Tatama National Natural Park in
Colombia
.
Bibliography.
Defler & Bueno (2007), Morales-Jiménez & Link (2008b), Yunis et al. (1977).