Hispaniola monkey

Hispaniola monkey
Temporal range: Quaternary
Extinct (early 1500s)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Pitheciidae
Subfamily: Pitheciinae
Tribe: Xenotrichini
Genus: Antillothrix
MacPhee, Horovitz, Arredondo, & Jimenez Vasquez, 1995
Species:
A. bernensis
Binomial name
Antillothrix bernensis
Rímoli, 1977
Synonyms
  • Saimiri bernensis

The Hispaniola monkey (Antillothrix bernensis) is an extinct primate that was endemic on the island of Hispaniola, in the present-day Dominican Republic. The species is thought to have gone extinct around the 16th century. The exact timing and cause of the extinction are unclear, but it is likely related to the settlement of Hispaniola by Europeans after 1492.