Organisms

Aotus trivirgatus

A species in the family AOTIDAE, inhabiting the forested regions of Central and South America (from Panama to the Amazon). Vocalizations occur primarily at night when they are active, thus they are also known as Northern night monkeys.

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Abstract

A species in the family AOTIDAE, inhabiting the forested regions of Central and South America (from Panama to the Amazon). Vocalizations occur primarily at night when they are active, thus they are also known as Northern night monkeys.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Humboldt's Night Monkey
  • Monkey, Northern Night
  • Night Monkey, Northern
  • Humboldt Night Monkey
  • Humboldts Night Monkey
  • Monkey, Humboldt's Night
  • Night Monkey, Humboldt's
  • Northern Night Monkey
  • Northern Night Monkeys

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

index NIM with no qualifiers when an experimental animal; diseases: coordinate IM with MONKEY DISEASES (IM)

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History Note

91(81); was see under CEBIDAE 1981-90; was NIGHT MONKEYS see under MONKEYS 1975-80

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Aotus trivirgatus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001029. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001029
  2. Aotus trivirgatus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-striped_night_monkey
  3. Aotus trivirgatus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307153