Aotus trivirgatus Humboldt 1811

Aotus trivirgatus Humboldt 1811, Rec. Observ. Zool., 1: 306.

Type Locality: Venezuela, Duida Range, Rio Casiquiare.

Vernacular Names: Three-striped Night Monkey.

Synonyms: Aotus commersonii (Vigors and Horsfield 1829); Aotus duruculi (Lesson 1840); Aotus felinus (Spix 1823); Aotus humboldti Illiger in Humboldt 1812; Aotus rufus (Lesson 1840) .

Distribution: Venezuela, south of Rio Orinoco, south to Brazil north of Rios Negro and Amazon.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Gray-necked species group. Long the only species recognized in the genus; divided into 9 species by Hershkovitz (1983), revised further by Ford (1994) and Groves (2001 c).