| Gray-bellied night monkey[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Aotidae |
| Genus: | Aotus |
| Species: | A. lemurinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aotus lemurinus I. Geoffroy, 1843
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hershkovitzi Ramirez-Cerquera, 1983 | |
The gray-bellied night monkey (Aotus lemurinus), also called the grey-legged douroucouli[3] or lemurine owl monkey, is a small New World monkey of the family Aotidae. Native to tropical and subtropical forests of South America,[4] the gray-bellied night monkey faces a significant threat from hunting, harvesting for use in pharmaceutical research and habitat destruction.
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 140. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Link, A.; de la Torre, S.; Moscoso, P. (2021). "Aotus lemurinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T1808A17922601. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T1808A17922601.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Grey-legged dourourcouli, Royal Edinburgh Zoo
- ^ Rylands, A.; Groves, C.; Mittermeier, R.; Cortes-Ortiz, L. & Hines, J. H. (2006). "Taxonomy and Distribution of Mesoamrican Primates". In Estrada, A.; Garber, P.; Pavelka, M. & Luecke, L. (eds.). New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamrican Primates. pp. 43–47. ISBN 0-387-25854-X.