Lagothrix lagotricha Humboldt 1812 (brown woolly monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae

Alternative combinations: Lagothrix lagothricha, Simia lagotricha

Synonyms: Lagothrix humboldti Geoffroy 1812, Lagothrix humboldtii Geoffroy 1812

Belongs to Lagothrix according to C. M. Meireles et al. 1999

See also Bradley 1904 and Fooden 1963

Sister taxa: Lagothrix (Oreonax), Lagothrix cana, Lagothrix flavicauda, Lagothrix lugens, Lagothrix poeppigii

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Cocha Cashu Biological Station (Quaternary of Peru)

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