Douroucouli
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Aotus azarai
Aotus brumbacki
Aotus hershkovitzi
Aotus infulatus
Aotus lemurinus
Aotus miconax
Aotus nancymaae
Aotus nigriceps
Aotus trivirgatus
Aotus vociferans
Ref: ITIS 572811 2002-07-26
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The douroucouli is a monkey of the genus Aotus (monotypic in subfamily Aotinae). The genus name means "earless"; they have ears, of course, but the external ears are tiny and hard to see. They are also called "night monkeys" because they are active at night.
- ORDER PRIMATES
- Suborder Strepsirhini: non-tarsier prosimians
- Suborder Haplorhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes
- Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers
- Superfamily Platyrrhini
- Family Cebidae:
- Family Atelidae
- Subfamily Aotinae
- Southern Owl Monkey, Aotus azarae
- Brumback's Owl Monkey, Aotus brumbacki
- Hershkovitz's Owl Monkey, Aotus hershkovitzi
- Kuhl's Owl Monkey, Aotus infulatus
- Lemurine Owl Monkey, Aotus lemurinus
- Andean Owl Monkey, Aotus miconax
- Peruvian Red-necked Owl Monkey, Aotus nancymae
- Black-headed Owl Monkey, Aotus nigriceps
- Northern Owl Monkey, Aotus trivirgatus
- Spix's Owl Monkey, Aotus vociferans
- Subfamily Callicebinae
- Subfamily Pitheciinae
- Subfamily Alouattinae
- Subfamily Atelinae
- Superfamily Catarrhini
