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Aotini

Mammalia - Primates

Taxonomy
Aotini was named by Poche (1904). It is extant. Its type is Aotus.

It was reranked as the subfamily Aotinae by Hershkovitz (1974).

It was assigned to Cebidae by Hershkovitz (1974); and to Ateloidea by Cooke et al. (2011).

Subtaxa
Aotus (type genus), Insulacebus, Xenothrix

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Aotini Poche
1974Aotinae Hershkovitz
2011Aotini Cooke et al. p. 2699

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderPlatyrrhiniGeoffroy 1812
superfamilyAteloideaGray 1825
tribeAotiniPoche 1904
tribeAotiniPoche 1904

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Aotini Poche 1904
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G. Aotus Illiger 1811
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Aotus azarae Humboldt 1811 [Azara's night monkey]
Aotus brumbacki Hershkovitz 1983 [Brumback's Night Monkey]
†Aotus dindensis Setoguchi and Rosenberger 1987
Aotus griseimembra Elliot 1912
Aotus jorgehernandezi Defler and Bueno 2007 [Hernández Camacho's night monkey]
Aotus lemurinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1843
Aotus miconax Thomas 1927 [Peruvian night monkey]
Aotus nancymaae Hershkovitz 1983 [Nancy Ma's night monkey]
Aotus nigriceps Dollman 1909
Aotus trivirgatus Humboldt 1811 [three-striped night monkey]
Aotus vociferans Spix 1823
Aotus zonalis Goldman 1914
G. †Insulacebus Cooke et al. 2011
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†Insulacebus toussaintiana Cooke et al. 2011
G. †Xenothrix Williams and Koopman 1952
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†Xenothrix mcgregori Williams and Koopman 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Laventan to the top of the Holocene or 13.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.0 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Aotus dindensis (13630 188085)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Jamaica Xenothrix mcgregori (201478)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Haiti Insulacebus toussaintiana (119044)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Aotus trivirgatus (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Aotus trivirgatus (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jamaica Xenothrix macgregori (194072)