Aotus nancymai

Aotus nancymai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Platyrrhini

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Platyrrhini

Familia: Aotidae
Genus: Aotus
Species: Aotus nancymai

Name

Aotus nancymai Hershkovitz, 1983: 233

• Holotype: FMNH 122776, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by P. Hershkovitz on 21 November 1980.
• Type locality: “Right bank Río Samiria above Estación Pithecia, Reserva Nacional Pacaya-Samiria, Loreto Province, Loreto Department, Peru; altitude about 130 meters above sea level”.

Synonymy

• Aotus nancymaae: Groves, 1989 [unjustified emendation fide Garbino & Costa (2015: 24)]
• Aotus nancymae: Gozalo & Montoya, 1990: 69 [unjustified emendation]

References

Primary references

• Hershkovitz, P. 1983. Two new species of night monkeys, genus Aotus (Cebidae, platyrrhini): A preliminary report on Aotus taxonomy. American Journal of Primatology 4(3): 209–243. DOI: 10.1002/AJP.1350040302 Reference page. 
• Garbino, G.S.T. & Costa, H.C. 2015. Some nomenclatural notes regarding authorship and dates of New World monkeys (Primates: Platyrrhini). Sherbornia 2(3): 21–27. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Nancy Ma’s Night Monkey
日本語: ナンシーヨザル
português: Macaco-da-noite-de-Nancy-Ma

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