Silvery woolly monkey[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Atelidae |
Genus: | Lagothrix |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | L. l. poeppigii
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Trinomial name | |
Lagothrix lagothricha poeppigii Schinz, 1844
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Silvery woolly monkey range | |
Synonyms | |
Lagothrix poeppigii |
The silvery woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha poeppigii), also known as Poeppig's woolly monkey or the red woolly monkey, is a subspecies of the common woolly monkey from South America. Named after the German zoologist Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, it is found in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.[3]