Nancy Ma's night monkey, Aotus nancymaae, is a night monkey of the north central Amazon, found in Brazil and Peru. It is named for Dr. Nancy Shui-Fong Ma. It is a small, strongly arboreal monkey of about 550 to 950 grams that lives mainly in lowland tropical rainforest and prefers seasonally flooded forest, where soft trees provide hollows for sleeping. It feeds on fruit, flower nectar and some insects, and large arboreal snakes are thought to be its main predators. The species is best known in medical research, where it is used as a model organism for studying the Duffy antigen, and it has also been found to carry a change in the hormone oxytocin that was unknown in other placental mammals when it was discovered. The IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
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System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleEcotourism and Research 1 Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Comparison
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Source Nancy Ma's night monkey (Wikipedia)Lead, range: brazilQuote, Lead, range: brazil
It is found in Brazil and Peru.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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It is found in Brazil and Peru.
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1. Animal Diversity Web: Aotus nancymaae (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity WebHabitat
At night, while active, they occupy the upper levels of the canopy while foraging on fruits and flowers.
Physical Description
Range mass 550 to 950 g
Conservation Status
CITES Appendix II
Conservation Status, conservation status
IUCN Red List Least Concern
Food Habits
are frugivorous, but, on occasion, feed on insects.
Habitat, system
are found primarily in lowland tropical rainforests.
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
sometimes used in medical research
In Ecosystem: Amazon Rainforest, Geographic Range
north central Amazonian neotropics of northern Peru and western Brazil
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Species status Living
Nancy Ma's night monkey (Wikipedia)
Lead, range: brazil
It is found in Brazil and Peru.
Lead, range: peru
It is found in Brazil and Peru.
View the SourceNight monkey (Wikipedia)
Child Taxon Of: Aotidae, Lead, family
nocturnal New World monkeys of the genus Aotus, the only living member of the family Aotidae
In Group: Primate Species, Lead, everyday group
nocturnal New World monkeys of the genus Aotus
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