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Aotus trivirgatus (three-striped night monkey)

Mammalia - Primates

Taxonomy

Simia trivirgata was named by Humboldt (1811) [also said to be 1812]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Nyctipithecus trivirgatus by Bradley (1904); it was recombined as Aotus trivirgatus by Brumback (1974).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1811	Simia trivirgata Humboldt p. 306
1904	Nyctipithecus trivirgatus Bradley p. 99
1974	Aotus trivirgatus Brumback p. 321

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Euarchonta
order	Primates
infraorder	Haplorhini	(Pocock 1918)
—	Anthropoidea	(Mivart 1864)
infraorder	Platyrrhini	Geoffroy 1812
superfamily	Ateloidea	Gray 1825
tribe	Aotini	Poche 1904
genus	Aotus
species	trivirgatus	(Humboldt 1811)

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.

Aotus trivirgatus Humboldt 1811 [three-striped night monkey]

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean

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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Panama	Aotus trivirgatus (21691)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Peru	Aotus trivirgatus (21689)