Yellow-tailed woolly monkey

Yellow-tailed woolly monkey[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Lagothrix
Species:
L. flavicauda
Binomial name
Lagothrix flavicauda
(Humboldt, 1812)
Synonyms
  • Oreonax flavicauda Thomas, 1927
  • Lagothrix hendeei

The yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda) is a New World monkey endemic to Peru. It is a rare primate species found only in the Peruvian Andes, in the departments of Amazonas and San Martin, as well as bordering areas of La Libertad, Huánuco, and Loreto.

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Primates". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Shanee, S.; Aquino, R.; Cornejo, F.M.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Vermeer, J. (2019). "Lagothrix flavicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T39924A17924112. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.