Mohanamico hershkovitzi

Mohanamico hershkovitzi is an extinct New World monkey from the Middle Miocene (Laventan stage, about 13.8 to 11.8 million years ago) of the Honda Group at La Venta in Colombia, the type species of Mohanamico. The genus name recalls the river god Mohan of the Magdalena River valley, and the species name honours the primatologist Philip Hershkovitz. It was about the size of the living common squirrel monkey, with an estimated weight of around 1,000 grams. Its low-crowned molars suggest a fruit diet similar to that of night monkeys, while its large canines recall Callimico. Authors disagree on its family: Atelidae, Callitrichidae, Pitheciidae and Aotidae have all been proposed. La Venta was probably seasonally dry forest in contact with the Amazon and Orinoco basins.